Multidrug resistance in bacterial isolates from blood cultures of haematology patients

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 237-240

  Wroblewska, M M ^a,b   Marchel, H ^a   Luczak, M ^a,b  

^a Central Clinical Hospital in Warsaw   (Poland)

^b MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

Author keywords

Bacteraemia; Haematology; Multidrug resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEBRILE NEUTROPENIA; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS STUTZERI; SALMONELLA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLAND;

EID: 0036127232     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(02)00002-X     Document Type: Article

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