A between-species comparison of antimicrobial resistance in enterobacteria in fecal flora

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 1479-1484

  Österblad, Monica ^a,b   Hakanen, Antti ^a   Manninen, Raija ^c   Leistevuo, Tiina ^a   Peltonen, Reijo ^a   Meurman, Olli ^a   Huovinen, Pentti ^a   Kotilainen, Pirkko ^a  

^a TURKU UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Finland)

^b NATIONAL PUBLIC HEALTH INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TURKU   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FECES MICROFLORA; KLEBSIELLA; LENGTH OF STAY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FECES; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

EID: 0034036201     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.44.6.1479-1484.2000     Document Type: Article

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