Detection of multi drug resistant bacteria in major hospitals in Kano, North-West, Nigeria
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Detection of multi drug resistant bacteria in major hospitals in Kano, North-West, Nigeria
Two major hospitals in Kano, North West Nigeria have recorded increasing resistance of clinical pathogens to broad spectrum β lactams, mediated by extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESβL) and non ESBLs. A study was therefore undertaken to determine the occurrence and prevalence of plasmid and chromosomal mediated AmpC βL and carbapenemase in addition to already known ESBL due to increasing resistan...
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عنوان ژورنال: Brazilian Journal of Microbiology
سال: 2014
ISSN: 1517-8382
DOI: 10.1590/s1517-83822014000300005