Open AccessMultidrug resistant NDM-1 metallo-beta-lactamase producing Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit in a tertiary care center at central India
Author(s) -
Atul Khajuria,
Ashok Kumar Praharaj,
Manjit Kumar,
Naveen Grover,
Aruna Aggarwal
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
indian journal of pathology and microbiology/indian journal of pathology and microbiology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.217
H-Index - 31
eISSN - 0974-5130
pISSN - 0377-4929
DOI - 10.4103/0377-4929.130900
Subject(s) - colistin , klebsiella pneumoniae , tigecycline , microbiology and biotechnology , biology , outbreak , neonatal intensive care unit , beta lactamase , intensive care , antibiotic resistance , plasmid , polymerase chain reaction , antibiotics , virology , medicine , gene , genetics , escherichia coli , pediatrics , intensive care medicine
The objective of the following study is to detect genes encoding carbapenem resistance in Klebsiella pneumoniae sepsis outbreak in a neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).