Specific and rapid identification of multiple-antibiotic resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clones isolated in an intensive care unit

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 65-68

  Pujana, I ^a   Gallego, L ^a   Canduela, M J ^a   Cisterna, R ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE BASQUE COUNTRY UPV EHU   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL DE BASURTO   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA FINGERPRINTING; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; SEROTYPE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; BASE SEQUENCE; CLONE CELLS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; SEROTYPING; SPAIN;

EID: 0033966259     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(99)00113-3     Document Type: Article

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