Molecular epidemiology of antibiotic-resistant Gram-negative bacilli in a neonatal intensive care unit during a nonoutbreak Period

Pediatrics

Volumn 108, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 1143-1148

  Toltzis, Philip ^a   Dul, Michael J ^a   Hoyen, Claudia ^a   Salvator, Ann ^a   Walsh, Michele ^a   Zetts, Laura ^a   Toltzis, Hasida ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic utilization; Colonization; Gram negative bacilli; Neonatal intensive care; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; THROAT CULTURE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFTAZIDIME; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; PENICILLANIC ACID; PIPERACILLIN; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 0034763205     PISSN: 00314005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1542/peds.108.5.1143     Document Type: Article

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