Activity of selected β-lactams, ciprofloxacin, and amikacin against different Acinetobacter baumannii biotypes from Chilean hospitals

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 183-186

  Bello, Helia ^a   Gonzalez, Gerardo ^b   Dominguez, Mariana ^b   Zemelman, Raul ^b   Garcia, Apolinaria ^b   Mella, Sergio ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONCEPCIÓN   (Chile)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ESTRADIOL; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOTYPOLOGY; GERMANY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMS; CHILE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MULTICENTER STUDIES;

EID: 0030777285     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(97)00074-6     Document Type: Article

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