Coagulase-negative staphylococci in a major danish university hospital: Diversity in antibiotic susceptibility between wards

APMIS

Volumn 106, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 411-416

  Jarløv, Jens Otto ^a,b   Høiby, Niels ^a  

^a Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Different wards; Diversity

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD VESSEL PROSTHESIS; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DENMARK; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDWELLING CATHETER; INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0031981225     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1998.tb01365.x     Document Type: Article

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