Prevalence of carbapenemase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae at a tertiary care hospital in Kathmandu, Nepal
Abstract Aim Although carbapenem is the last-resort drug for treating drug-resistant Gram-negative bacterial infections, prevalence of carbapenem-resistant bacteria has substantially increased worldwide owing to irrational use of antibiotics particularly in developing countries like Nepal. Therefor...
Main Authors: | Susil Pyakurel, Mehraj Ansari, Smriti Kattel, Ganesh Rai, Prasha Shrestha, Kul Raj Rai, Anil Kumar Sah, Shiba Kumar Rai |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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BMC
2021-09-01
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Series: | Tropical Medicine and Health |
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Online Access: | https://doi.org/10.1186/s41182-021-00368-2 |
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