Spectrum of bacterial isolates in HIV-positive patients with skin and soft tissue infections: Emergence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococci

AIDS

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 2003, Pages 1253-1256

  Bär, Annett ^a   Hantschke, Detlev ^b   Mirmohammadsadegh, Alireza ^a   Hengge, Ulrich R ^c  

^a Joachim Kuhlmann AIDS Foundation   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

^c HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL ASSESSMENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; SKIN DISEASES, BACTERIAL; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0037866951     PISSN: 02699370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00002030-200305230-00019     Document Type: Article

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