Occurrence and antimicrobial resistance of Gram-negative bacteria isolated in haemodialysis water and dialysate of renal units: Results of a Greek multicentre study

Journal of Applied Microbiology

Volumn 95, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 180-185

  Arvanitidou, M ^a   Vayona, A ^a   Spanakis, N ^b   Tsakris, A ^b  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Dialysate; Gram negative bacteria; Greece; Haemodialysis; Treated water

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTICS; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

ANTIMICROBIAL RESISTANCES; DIALYSATES; ENTEROBACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GREECE; HAEMODIALYSIS; MULTI-CENTRE STUDY; MUNICIPAL WATER SUPPLIES; TREATED WATER; WATER SAMPLES;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DIALYSIS FLUID; IMIPENEM; TETRACYCLINE; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM; DIALYSATE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GREECE; HEMODIALYSIS; MULTICENTER STUDY; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; WATER SUPPLY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 0038048333     PISSN: 13645072     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.01966.x     Document Type: Article

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