Nosocomial septicemias due to methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a university hospital over a 12-year period - The same intractable infections

Infection

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 238-241

  Mizushima, Y ^a   Li, H ^a   Yoshida, I ^b   Sassa, K ^a   Hamazaki, T ^a   Kobayashi, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

^b Toyama Med and Pharmaceutical Univ   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CLINICAL FEATURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEPTICEMIA; SURGICAL WARD; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WARD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0029895180     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01781100     Document Type: Article

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