Identification of an imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa clone among patients in a hospital in Rio de Janeiro

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 60, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 19-26

  Kokis, V M ^a   Moreira, B M ^a   Pellegrino, F L P C ^a   Silva, M G ^a   Long, J B ^b   Bastos, C C R ^b   Santos, K R N ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

^b Hospital Naval Marcilio Dias   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Imipenem resistance; Molecular typing; P. aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; POLYMYXIN B; TETRACYCLINE; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CELL CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BRAZIL; COLONY COUNT, MICROBIAL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GENOTYPE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; IMMUNODIFFUSION; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESTRICTION MAPPING; TIME FACTORS; VARIATION (GENETICS);

EID: 16844377241     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.11.019     Document Type: Article

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