Gram-negative bacilli from hospital and non-hospital personnel: Pharyngeal carriage, antibiotic resistance and extended-spectrum β-lactamase in Abha, Saudi Arabia

Biomedical Research

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 251-258

  Bilal, Naser E ^a   Gedebou, M ^a   Al Mohayia, M H ^a  

^a King Khalid U   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Extended spectrum lactamase; Gram negative bacilli; Pharyngeal carriage

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SAUDI ARABIA; THROAT CULTURE;

EID: 0035736497     PISSN: 0970938X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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