Third-generation cephalosporin resistance among Gram-negative bacilli causing meningitis in neurosurgical patients: Significant challenges in ensuring effective antibiotic therapy

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 356-359

  O'Neill, E ^a,b   Humphreys, H ^a,b   Phillips, J ^a   Smyth, E G ^a,b  

^a BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (Ireland)

^b ROYAL COLLEGE OF SURGEONS IN IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Cephalosporin resistant; CSF; Neurosurgery; Nosocomial meningitis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; IRELAND; MEDICAL RECORD; MORTALITY; NEUROSURGERY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; REVIEW;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENOUS; INJECTIONS, INTRAVENTRICULAR; IRELAND; MALE; MENINGITIS, BACTERIAL; NEUROSURGICAL PROCEDURES; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 31544433149     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dki462     Document Type: Review

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