Prevalence of ESBL in Escherichia coli Isolates Among ICU Patients in a Tertiary Care Hospital
Introduction: Resistance to common antibiotics is a matter of grave concern in treating infections in hospital settings especially in Intensive Care Units (ICUs).One of the most commonly used and effective group of antibiotics, cephalosporins, exhibit resistance due to production of Extended Spectrum BetaLactamases (ESBLs).The prevalence of ESBL pr