Antibacterial activity of carbapenems against clinically isolated respiratory bacterial pathogens in Japan between 2003 and 2004

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 26, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 420-423

  Watanabe, Akira ^a   Tokue, Yutaka ^a,b   Kikuchi, Toshiaki ^a   Gomi, Kazunori ^a   Aoki, Shizuka ^a   Satoh, Toshio ^c   Fujimura, Shigeru ^d  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Japan Microbiology Laboratories   (Japan)

^d MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; BIAPENEM; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFEPIME; CEFOZOPRAN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PANIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME ASSAY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; JAPAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORAXELLA CATARRHALIS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; JAPAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 26944462736     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.08.002     Document Type: Letter

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