Prevalence and characterization of carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli from a tertiary care hospital in India

Aishwarya Govindaswamy, Vijeta Bajpai, Surbhi Khurana, Priyam Batra, Purva Mathur, Rajesh MalhotraJournal of Global Infectious Diseases 2019 11(3):123-124 The purpose of this study was to estimate the prevalence and to characterize the carbapenemase-producing Escherichia coli by various phenotypic antimicrobial susceptibility testing methods, and its performance was compared to the gold standard genotypic method. The prevalence of carbapenemase-resistant E. coli was found to be 65%. The phenotypic methods evaluated are cost-effective and can be used in resource-limited laboratories to rule out carbapenem resistance.
Source: Journal of Global Infectious Diseases - Category: Infectious Diseases Authors: Source Type: research