Multicentric study of isolated microorganisms and antimicrobial resistance in ten Portuguese hospitals in 1994;Estudio multicentrico de microorganismos isolados e de resistencia aos antimicrobianos em dez hospitais portugueses em 1994

Acta Medica Portuguesa

Volumn 9, Issue 4-6, 1996, Pages 141-150

  Cristino, J Melo ^b   Calado, Elsa ^b   Calheiros, Ismália M ^b   Costa, Dário ^b   Costa, Mario N ^b   Diogo, José ^b   Felicio, Maria Luisa ^b   Ferro, Maria Luisa ^b   Da Fonseca, J Correia ^b   Guimãraes, Maria Augusta ^b   Lito, Luís ^b   Marques, João ^b   Marques, Maria Teresa ^b   Martins, Filomena ^b   Pais, Maria Ana ^b   Pinto, Margarida ^b   Ramos, Maria Helena ^b   Ribeiro, Graça ^b   Rodrigues, Luís A ^b   Salgado, Maria José ^b   Simões, Joana ^b   De Sobral, Maria Lourdes ^b   Toscano, Cristina ^b   more..

^a HOSPITAL DE SANTA MARIA   (Portugal)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CANDIDA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; BACTERIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; STATISTICS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0030113156     PISSN: None     EISSN: 16460758     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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