Nosocomial outbreak due to a multiresistant strain of Pseudomonas aeruginosa P12: Efficacy of cefepime-amikacin therapy and analysis of β-lactam resistance

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 2072-2078

  Dubois, V ^a   Arpin, C ^a   Melon, M ^a   Melon, B ^a   Andre, C ^a   Frigo, C ^a   Quentin, C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BORDEAUX   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG EFFICACY; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ADULT; AMIKACIN; BACTERIAL OUTER MEMBRANE PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BETA-LACTAMS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; DRUG THERAPY, COMBINATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RIBOTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0035005137     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.6.2072-2078.2001     Document Type: Article

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