Open Journal of Medical Microbiology

Vol.6 No.4(2016), Paper ID 72843, 8 pages

DOI:10.4236/ojmm.2016.64020

 

Detection and Characterization of β-Lactamase Encoding Genes in Carbapenem Non-Susceptible Gram-Negative Bacteria and Susceptibility of Isolates to Ceftazidime-Avibactam at a New York City Community Hospital

 

Carl Urban, Rita Colon-Urban, Vincent J. LaBombardi, Noriel Mariano, Nishant Prasad, Geeti Dhillon, Marina Guralnik, Sorana Segal-Maurer

 

The Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens, Flushing, NY, USA
Department of Biological Sciences, SUNY Old Westbury, Old Westbury, New York, NY, USA
Department of Pathology, NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens, Flushing, NY, USA
The Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York-Presbyterian/Queens, Flushing, NY, USA
The Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York-Presbyterian/Queens, Flushing, NY, USA
The Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York-Presbyterian/Queens, Flushing, NY, USA
Department of Pathology, NewYork-Presbyterian/Queens, Flushing, NY, USA
The Dr. James J. Rahal, Jr. Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine, New York-Presbyterian/Queens, Flushing, NY, USA

 

Copyright © 2016 Carl Urban, Rita Colon-Urban, Vincent J. LaBombardi, Noriel Mariano, Nishant Prasad, Geeti Dhillon, Marina Guralnik, Sorana Segal-Maurer et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

 

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Urban, C. , Colon-Urban, R. , LaBombardi, V. , Mariano, N. , Prasad, N. , Dhillon, G. , Guralnik, M. and Segal-Maurer, S. (2016) Detection and Characterization of β-Lactamase Encoding Genes in Carbapenem Non-Susceptible Gram-Negative Bacteria and Susceptibility of Isolates to Ceftazidime-Avibactam at a New York City Community Hospital. Open Journal of Medical Microbiology, 6, 150-157. doi: 10.4236/ojmm.2016.64020.

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