High rate of antimicrobial resistance in Pseudomonas aeruginosa at a tertiary-care teaching hospital in southern Brazil

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 25, Issue 10, 2004, Pages 805-807

  Zavascki, Alexandre Prehn ^a   Cruz, Ricardo Pedrini ^a   Goldani, Luciano Zubaran ^b  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BRAZIL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 11144256311     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503487     Document Type: Letter

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