Antimicrobial resistance among urinary tract infection (UTI) isolates in Europe: Results from the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program 1997

Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, International Journal of General and Molecular Microbiology

Volumn 77, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 147-152

  Fluit, Ad C ^a   Jones, Mark E ^a   Schmitz, Franz Josef ^a   Acar, Jacques ^b   Gupta, Renu ^c   Verhoef, Jan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b SAINT JOSEPH HOSPITAL   (France)

^c BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Resistance; Surveillance; Urinary tract infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; TICARCILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CANDIDA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; EUROPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0034018860     PISSN: 00036072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1002003123629     Document Type: Article

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