Increasing prevalence of antimicrobial resistance among Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Latin American medical centres: 5 year report of the SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program (1997-2001) [2]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 52, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 140-141

  Andrade, Soraya S ^a   Jones, Ronald N ^b   Gales, Ana C ^a   Sader, Helio S ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^b JMI LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Carbapenem resistance; Latin America; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; SENTRY Antimicrobial Surveillance Program

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATIENT SELECTION; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPTICEMIA; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; SOUTH AND CENTRAL AMERICA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; LATIN AMERICA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 0038262635     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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