Emergence of multi-drug-resistant Acinetobacter anitratus species in neonatal and paediatric intensive care units in a developing country: Concern about antimicrobial policies

Annals of Tropical Paediatrics

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 245-251

  Jeena, P ^a   Thompson, E ^a   Nchabeleng, M ^a   Sturm, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KWAZULU NATAL   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULBACTAM;

CHILD HEALTH; DRUG RESISTANCE; HEALTH CARE; RISK FACTOR;

ACHROMOBACTER ANITRATUM; ACINETOBACTER; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; DRUG ABUSE; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURVIVAL;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SOUTH AFRICA;

SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 0034820965     PISSN: 02724936     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02724930120077835     Document Type: Article

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