Emergence and dissemination of quinolone-resistant Escherichia coli in the community

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 1999, Pages 2736-2741

  Garau, Javier ^a,b   Xercavins, Mariona ^a   Rodríguez Carballeira, Mónica ^a   Gómez Vera, Josep Ramón ^a   Coll, Ignacio ^a   Vidal, Dolors ^b   Llovet, Teresa ^a   Ruíz Bremón, Ana ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITAT AUTÒNOMA DE BARCELONA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL MÚTUA DE TERRASSA   (Spain)

^c CARLOS III INSTITUTE OF HEALTH   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CHICKEN; COMMUNITY; COMMUNITY MEDICINE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES CULTURE; FEMALE; FOWL; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOST RESISTANCE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SPAIN; SWINE;

EID: 0032726357     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.43.11.2736     Document Type: Article

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