Open Access<p>Carbapenemase Producers Among Extensive Drug-Resistant Gram-Negative Pathogens Recovered from Febrile Neutrophilic Patients in Egypt</p>
Author(s) -
Samar S Mabrouk,
Ghada R Abdellatif,
Mona R El-Ansary,
Khaled M. Aboshanab,
Yasser Ragab
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
infection and drug resistance
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.033
H-Index - 39
ISSN - 1178-6973
DOI - 10.2147/idr.s269971
Subject(s) - acinetobacter baumannii , imipenem , microbiology and biotechnology , enterobacter cloacae , acinetobacter , drug resistance , antimicrobial , biology , carbapenem , pseudomonas aeruginosa , medicine , klebsiella pneumoniae , antibiotic resistance , antibiotics , escherichia coli , bacteria , gene , biochemistry , genetics
This study aimed to detect the prevalence of carbapenemase producers (CPs) among extensive drug-resistant (XDR)-carbapenemase producing Gram-negative bacteria (GNB) recovered from various clinical specimens of hospitalized neutrophilic febrile patients in two major tertiary care hospitals in Egypt.