Microbial isolates from patients in an Intensive Care Unit, and associated risk factors

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 225-231

  Tennant, I ^a   Harding, H ^a   Nelson, M ^a   Roye Green, K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; AGED; AGING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD CULTURE; CENTRAL VENOUS PRESSURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEVICE INFECTION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SPUTUM ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; STREPTOCOCCUS GROUP D; SUPERINFECTION; URINALYSIS; YEAST;

EID: 28344452590     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442005000400003     Document Type: Article

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