Epidemiologic study of infection by resistant gram-positive bacteria (RG + Study);Estudio epidemiológico de la infección por grampositivos resistentes (Estudio G + R)

Enfermedades Infecciosas y Microbiologia Clinica

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 7-11

  Betriu, Carmen ^a   Ali Sánchez, Blas ^a   Picazo, Juan J ^a  

^a HOSPITAL CLÍNICO SAN CARLOS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Infections; Multiresistant gram positive

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SPAIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

EID: 0037264229     PISSN: 0213005X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1157/13042134     Document Type: Article

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