Plasmid Profiling and Occurrence of β-Lactamase Enzymes in Multidrug-Resistant Uropathogenic Escherichia coli in Kathmandu, Nepal.
Upendra Thapa ShresthaSabnum ShresthaNabaraj AdhikariKomal Raj RijalBasudha ShresthaBipin AdhikariMegha Raj BanjaraPrakash GhimirePublished in: Infection and drug resistance (2020)
The higher prevalence of the ESBLs, AmpCs, KPCs and MBLs along with their coproduction in E. coli isolates highlights the importance of routine surveillance of ESBLs, AmpCs, KPCs and MBLs in microbiology laboratories using various phenotypic methods.