Current status and changing trends of antimicrobial resistance in Saudi Arabia

Journal Medical Libanais

Volumn 48, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 227-232

  Akhter, J ^a   Frayha, H H ^a   Qadri, S M H ^a  

^a KING FAISAL SPECIALIST HOSPITAL AND RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFIXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MYCOBACTERIUM TUBERCULOSIS; NONHUMAN; REVIEW; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNICABLE DISEASES, EMERGING; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SAUDI ARABIA;

EID: 0034495941     PISSN: 00239852     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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