Antibiotic sensitivity still prevails in Norwegian blood culture isolates

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 99-106

  Leegaard, Truls M ^a   Bevanger, Lars ^b   Jureen, Roland ^c   Lier, Tore ^d   Melby, Kjetil K ^e   Caugant, Dominique A ^a   Oddvar Froholm, L ^a   Arne Hoiby, E ^a  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (Norway)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^c HAUKELAND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF NORTH NORWAY   (Norway)

^e ULLEVÅL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Norway)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Norway; Septicaemia

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MECILLINAM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NORWAY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCANDINAVIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0034880112     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(01)00364-8     Document Type: Article

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