Stenotrophomonas maltophilia as a nosocomial pathogen

New Microbiologica

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 273-279

  Koseoglu O ^a   Sener B ^a   Gulmez D ^a   Altun, B ^a   Gur D ^a  

^a HACETTEPE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Molecular epidemiology; PFGE typing; Stenotrophomonas maltophilia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR CLONING; PHENOTYPE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TURKEY (BIRD);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASES, TYPE II SITE-SPECIFIC; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION; TURKEY;

AVES; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; STENOTROPHOMONAS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 11444259657     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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