Pseudomonas aeruginosa: Study of antibiotic resistance and molecular typing in hospital infection cases in a neonatal intensive care unit from Rio de Janeiro City, Brazil

Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz

Volumn 97, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 387-394

  Loureiro, M M ^a   De Moraes, B A ^a   Mendonca V L F ^a   Quadra, M R R ^b   Pinheiro, G S ^b   Asensi, M D ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b Hosp Maternidade Alexander F   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Brazil; Hospital infection; Neonatal intensive care unit; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Rio de Janeiro; Sepsis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BRAZIL; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MUTATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPING;

BRAZIL; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MUTATION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SEROTYPING;

EID: 0036549042     PISSN: 00740276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0074-02762002000300020     Document Type: Article

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