Epidemiological analysis of bacterial strains involved in hospital infection in a University Hospital from Brazil

Revista do Instituto de Medicina Tropical de Sao Paulo

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 201-207

  De Moraes, Bianca Aguiar ^a   Cravo, Cristiane Andrade Nery ^a   Loureiro, Marcio Martins ^a   Solari, Claude André ^b   Asensi, Marise Dutra ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b IOC/Fiocruz ^*

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Hospital infection; Salmonella outbreak

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; SPIRAMYCIN; SULFADIAZINE; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0033864789     PISSN: 00364665     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/s0036-46652000000400005     Document Type: Article

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