Increased resistance among staphylococcus epidermidis isolates in a large teaching hospital over a 12-year period

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 133-138

  Lyytikainen O ^a,c   Vaara, M ^b   Jarviluoma E ^a   Rosenqvist, K ^a   Tiittanen, L ^a   Valtonen, V ^a  

^a HELSINKI UNIVERSITY CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

^c NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; FUSIDIC ACID; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; FINLAND; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FINLAND; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0029922160     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF01591486     Document Type: Article

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