Antimicrobial resistance rates among aerobic gram-negative bacilli recovered from patients in intensive care units: Evaluation of a national postmarketing surveillance program

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 779-784

  Quinn, John P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEZLOCILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; TICARCILLIN; TIMENTIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROBACTER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RISK FACTOR;

EID: 19244363210     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/23.4.779     Document Type: Article

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