Bacterial pathogens isolated from patients with skin and soft tissue infections: Frequency of occurrence and antimicrobial susceptibility patterns from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (United States and Canada, 1997)

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 65-72

  Doern, Gary V ^a   Jones, Ronald N ^a   Pfaller, Michael A ^a   Kugler, Kari C ^a   Beach, Mondell L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; TROVAFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BETA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITALIZATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CANADA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0032914775     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(98)00162-X     Document Type: Article

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