Utility of serial rectal swab cultures for detection of ceftazidime- and imipenem-resistant gram-negative bacilli from patients in the intensive care unit

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 17, Issue 10, 1998, Pages 727-730

  Arbo, M D J ^a,b   Hariharan, R ^c   Nathan, C ^c   Barefoot, L ^a,b   Weinstein, R A ^c,d   Snydman, D R ^a,b  

^a TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b TUFTS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c MICHAEL REESE HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d Jr Hospital of Cook County   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; IMIPENEM;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CITROBACTER; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MORGANELLA MORGANII; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RECTUM; SERRATIA MARCESCENS;

ADULT; AGED; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORINS; CROSS INFECTION; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RECTUM; THIENAMYCINS;

EID: 0032435324     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960050169     Document Type: Article

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