Carbapenem Resistance: A Review
Carbapenem resistance is a major and an on-going public health problem globally. It occurs mainly among Gram-negative pathogens such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii, and may be intrinsic or mediated by transferable carbapenemase-encoding genes. This type...
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doaj-8da7c28f66b241cd857e4c6c21a079432020-11-24T22:05:33ZengMDPI AGMedical Sciences2076-32712017-12-0161110.3390/medsci6010001medsci6010001Carbapenem Resistance: A ReviewFrancis S. Codjoe0Eric S. Donkor1Department of Medical Laboratory Sciences (Microbiology Division), School of Biomedical & Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korle Bu KB 143 Accra, GhanaDepartment of Medical Microbiology, School of Biomedical & Allied Health Sciences, College of Health Sciences, University of Ghana, Korle Bu KB 143 Accra, GhanaCarbapenem resistance is a major and an on-going public health problem globally. It occurs mainly among Gram-negative pathogens such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii, and may be intrinsic or mediated by transferable carbapenemase-encoding genes. This type of resistance genes are already widespread in certain parts of the world, particularly Europe, Asia and South America, while the situation in other places such as sub-Saharan Africa is not well documented. In this paper, we provide an in-depth review of carbapenem resistance providing up-to-date information on the subject.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-3271/6/1/1Gram negative bacillicarbapenemsantibiotic resistancecarbapenemases |
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Carbapenem Resistance: A Review |
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Carbapenem Resistance: A Review |
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Medical Sciences |
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Carbapenem resistance is a major and an on-going public health problem globally. It occurs mainly among Gram-negative pathogens such as Klebsiella pneumoniae, Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Acinetobacter baumannii, and may be intrinsic or mediated by transferable carbapenemase-encoding genes. This type of resistance genes are already widespread in certain parts of the world, particularly Europe, Asia and South America, while the situation in other places such as sub-Saharan Africa is not well documented. In this paper, we provide an in-depth review of carbapenem resistance providing up-to-date information on the subject. |
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Gram negative bacilli carbapenems antibiotic resistance carbapenemases |
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