Antibiotic resistance patterns of bacterial isolates from blood in San Francisco County, California, 1996-1999

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 8, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 195-201

  Huang, Susan S ^a,b,d   Labus, Brian J ^b,c   Samuel, Michael C ^b,c   Wan, Dairian T ^b   Reingold, Arthur L ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036200888     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid0802.010102     Document Type: Article

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