Open AccessPrevalence and characterization of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli from a tertiary care hospital in India
Author(s) -
Aishwarya Govindaswamy,
Vijeta Bajpai,
Surbhi Khurana,
Priyam Batra,
Purva Mathur,
Rajesh Malhotra
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
journal of global infectious diseases
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.437
H-Index - 25
eISSN - 0974-8245
pISSN - 0974-777X
DOI - 10.4103/jgid.jgid_68_18
Subject(s) - escherichia coli , gold standard (test) , genotype , tertiary care , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotic resistance , antimicrobial , medicine , biology , antibiotics , genetics , gene
The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and to characterize the carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli by various phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods, and its performance was compared to the gold standard genotypic method. The prevalence of carbapenemase-resistant E. coli was found to be 65%. The phenotypic methods evaluated are cost-effective and can be used in resource-limited laboratories to rule out carbapenem resistance.