A European perspective on nosocomial urinary tract infections I. Report on the microbiology workload, etiology and antimicrobial susceptibility (ESGNI-003 study)

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 7, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 523-531

  Bouza, E ^a   San Juan, R ^a   Munoz P ^a   Voss, A ^a   Kluytmans, J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO GREGORIO MARAÑÓN   (Spain)

Author keywords

Etiology; European; Microbiology; Nosocomial infection; Urinary tract infection; Workload

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CANDIDA; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CLINICAL PRACTICE; COLONY FORMING UNIT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFORMATION PROCESSING; KLEBSIELLA; LABORATORY DIAGNOSIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; WORKLOAD; YEAST;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANDIDA; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 0035494990     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1198-743X.2001.00326.x     Document Type: Article

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