Descriptive and molecular epidemiology of Gram-negative bacilli infections in the neonatal intensive care unit

Current Opinion in Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 279-283

  Dent, Arlene ^a   Toltzis, Philip ^a  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Gram negative bacilli; Molecular epidemiology; Neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; DATA ANALYSIS; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PROPHYLAXIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; REVIEW; RIBOTYPING; SEPSIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 0038282363     PISSN: 09517375     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00001432-200306000-00016     Document Type: Review

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