Open AccessCharacterization of plasmid mediated AmpC producing Escherichia coli clinical isolates from a tertiary care hospital in South India
Author(s) -
Arindam Chakraborty,
Prabha Adhikari,
Shalini Shenoy,
Vishwas Saralaya
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 - 10.4103/0377-4929.134700
Subject(s) - cephalosporin , multiplex polymerase chain reaction , microbiology and biotechnology , escherichia coli , context (archaeology) , biology , plasmid , group b , antibiotic resistance , tertiary care , polymerase chain reaction , antibiotics , antibiogram , medicine , gene , genetics , paleontology
Plasmid mediated AmpC (pAmpC) β-lactamase producing Escherichia coli are an emerging problem worldwide as they are now exhibiting resistance to multiple classes of antibiotics and are a major cause of therapeutic failure.