Antimicrobial susceptibility of respiratory isolates of Enterobacteriaceae and Staphylococcus aureus in Italy: Incidence and trends over the period 1997-1999

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 854-863

  Fontana, R ^a   Lo Cascio, G ^a   Ligozzi, M ^a   Friscia, O ^b   Oldoni, T ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b SmithKline Beecham SpA   (Italy)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFEPIME; CEFETAMET; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HUMANS; ITALY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0035709342     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100960100628     Document Type: Article

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