Study of developed resistance due to antibiotic treatment of coagulase-negative Staphylococci

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-6

  Tegnell, Anders ^a   Grabowska, Katarzyna ^a   Jacobsson, Anders ^b   Andersson, Mikael ^b   Giesecke, Johan ^a   Öhman, Lena ^c  

^a SWEDISH INSTITUTE FOR INFECTIOUS DISEASE CONTROL   (Sweden)

^b STOCKHOLM UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; FUSIDIC ACID; NETILMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG HYPERSENSITIVITY; EXPERIMENTAL MODEL; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; IMPLANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIPLE REGRESSION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; THORAX SURGERY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0037356006     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/107662903764736283     Document Type: Article

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