Risk factors and clinical outcomes of nosocomial multi-drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 112-118

  Cao, Bin ^a   Wang, H ^a   Sun, H ^a   Zhu, Y ^a   Chen, M ^a  

^a PEKING UNION MEDICAL COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (China)

Author keywords

Imipenem; Mechanical ventilation; Multi drug resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Resistance switch

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULBACTAM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CHROMOSOME POLYMORPHISM; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MALE; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PREDICTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS;

ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHINA; COMORBIDITY; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; LOGISTIC MODELS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; RISK FACTORS; THIENAMYCINS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 2942615375     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2004.03.021     Document Type: Article

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