PHENOTYPIC AND GENOTYPIC CHARACTERIZATION OF EXTENDED

SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASES IN EXCHERICHIA COLI AND KLEBSIELLA

PNEUMONIAE ISOLATED ACROSS KARNATAKA

A

SYNOPSIS

SUBMITTED TO THE

SRI DEVARAJ URS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH,

FOR THE DEGREE

OF

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

IN

Microbiology

(Faculty of Medicine)

By

SRIDHAR RAO PN

UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF

DR. S.R. PRASAD

DEPARTMENT OF MICROBIOLOGY

SRI DEVARAJ URS ACADEMY OF HIGHER EDUCATION AND RESEARCH,

KOLAR, KARNATAKA-563101

Year 2010