Risk factors for infection and molecular typing in patients in the intensive care unit colonized with nosocomial Enterobacter aerogenes

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 452-456

  Piagnerelli, Michael ^a   Carlier, Eric ^a   Deplano, Ariane ^a   Lejeune, Philippe ^a   Govaerts, Danielle ^a  

^a ERASME HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BACTERIAL DNA; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; ISEPAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEMOCILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRONCHOSCOPY; ENTEROBACTER AEROGENES; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 0036677878     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/502084     Document Type: Article

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