Widespread detection of per-1-type extended-spectrum β-lactamases among nosocomial Acinetobacter and Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates in Turkey: A nationwide multicenter study

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 2265-2269

  Vahaboglu, Haluk ^a   Öztürk, Recep ^c   Aygün, Gökhan ^c   Coşkunkan, Figen ^a   Yaman, Akgün ^b   Kaygusuz, Arif ^d   Leblebicioglu, Hakan ^e   Balik, Ismail ^f   Aydin, Kemalettin ^g   Otkun, Metin ^h  

^a KOCAELI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b CUKUROVA UNIVERSITY FACULTY OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^c ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^d ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^e ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^f ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^g KARADENIZ TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^h TRAKYA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

EID: 0342762055     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/aac.41.10.2265     Document Type: Article

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