Extended-spectrum β-lactamase-producing Klebsiella pneumoniae in a neonatal intensive care unit in the high-prevalence area of Athens, Greece

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 799-804

  Lebessi, E ^a   Dellagrammaticas, H ^a   Tassios, P T ^a   Tzouvelekis, L S ^a   Ioannidou, S ^a   Foustoukou, M ^a   Legakis, N J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; GREECE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BETA-LACTAMASES; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GREECE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; KLEBSIELLA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0036194562     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.40.3.799-804.2002     Document Type: Article

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