Resistance to second- and third-generation cephalosporins among Escherichia coli and Klebsiella species is rare in Finland

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 408-413

  Manninen, Raija ^a,b   Auvinen, Helena ^c   Huovinen, Pentti ^a  

^a NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^b TURKU UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

^c KANTA HÄME CENTRAL HOSPITAL   (Finland)

Author keywords

Cefuroxime; Cephalosporin consumption; E. coli; Extended spectrum lactamases; Klebsiella spp.; SHV; TEM; Third generation cephalosporins

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; DRUG USE; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FINLAND; HOSPITAL PATIENT; ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; URINE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA SP.;

EID: 0030822126     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1997.tb00276.x     Document Type: Article

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