Antibiotic resistance surveillance: Action for international studies

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 7-10

  Morris, A K ^a   Masterton, R G ^a  

^a WESTERN GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOPENICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ALGORITHM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CALCULATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST BENEFIT ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; DRUG USE; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HOSPITAL PATIENT; INFORMATION PROCESSING; INTENSIVE CARE; LABORATORY; LABORATORY TEST; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHODOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; OUTPATIENT; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POPULATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUALITY CONTROL; SAMPLE; STANDARDIZATION; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION;

DRUG RESISTANCE; HUMANS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; WORLD HEALTH;

EID: 0036156462     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/49.1.7     Document Type: Article

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