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Title: Resistance to Third-Generation Cephalosporins and Other Antibiotics by Enterobacteriaceae in Western Nigeria (Report)
Author : American Journal of Infectious Diseases
Release Date : January 01, 2009
Genre: Life Sciences,Books,Science & Nature,
Pages : * pages
Size : 190 KB

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INTRODUCTION Increasing resistance to 3rd-generation cephalosporins has become a cause for concern especially among Enterobacteriaceae that cause nosocomial infections [1]. This emergence and spread of resistance are also threatening to create species resistant to all currently available agents. Approximately 20% of Klebsiella pnenumoniae infections and 31% of Enterobacter species infections in intensive care unit in the United States now involve strains not susceptible to 3rd-generation cephalosporins [2]