Resistance problems in two university hospitals in Denmark

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 71-73

  Jensen, T G ^a   Kolmos, H J ^b   Siboni, K ^a  

^a ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Hospital resistance; Resistance surveys

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE DERIVATIVE; METICILLIN; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN G; SULFADIAZINE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DENMARK; DRUG USE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE COCCI; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0033008168     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(99)00047-3     Document Type: Article

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