Bacteriological profile and antibiotic resistance: Comparison of findings in a burn intensive care unit, other intensive care units, and the hospital services unit of a single center

Journal of Burn Care and Rehabilitation

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 488-492

  Yildirim, Sedat ^a   Nursal, Tarik Zafer ^a   Tarim, Akin ^a   Torer, Nurkan ^a   Noyan, Turgut ^a   Demiroglu, Yusuf Ziya ^a   Moray, Gokhan ^a   Haberal, Mehmet ^a  

^a BASKENT UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULPERAZON;

ACINETOBACTER; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURN; BURN INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL SERVICE; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BURN UNITS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 28044455647     PISSN: 02738481     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/01.bcr.0000185454.72237.c6     Document Type: Article

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