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Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases 3/2014

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Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole drug resistance with co resistance to extended spectrum β-lactam antibiotics among bacterial isolates from HIV patients

Authors: Marimuthu Ragavan Rameshkumar, Nallusamy Vijaykanth, Ramachandran Vignesh, Pachamuthu Balakrishnan, Suniti Solomon, Narasingam Arunagirinathan

Published in: BMC Infectious Diseases | Special Issue 3/2014

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Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) is a broad spectrum antimicrobial agent and also reduces the mortality among adults and children when used as prophylaxis against opportunistic infections in HIV infected patients. Drug resistant to TMP-SMX along with Extended spectrum β-lactamase (ESBL) production among Enterobacteriaceae is creating major therapeutic problem in clinical settings for treating the bacterial infections among HIV individuals. …
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Title
Trimethoprim sulfamethoxazole drug resistance with co resistance to extended spectrum β-lactam antibiotics among bacterial isolates from HIV patients
Authors
Marimuthu Ragavan Rameshkumar
Nallusamy Vijaykanth
Ramachandran Vignesh
Pachamuthu Balakrishnan
Suniti Solomon
Narasingam Arunagirinathan
Publication date
01-05-2014
Publisher
BioMed Central
Published in
BMC Infectious Diseases / Issue Special Issue 3/2014
Electronic ISSN: 1471-2334
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-14-S3-P57

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