Clinical, microbiologic, and epidemiologic characteristics of Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections in a University Hospital, Malatya, Turkey

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 188-192

  Yetkin, Gulay ^a   Otlu, Baris ^a   Cicek, Aysegul ^a   Kuzucu, Cigdem ^a   Durmaz, Riza ^a  

^a INONU UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; MEZLOCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BURN; CATHETERIZATION; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLONAL VARIATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; NONHUMAN; PERSISTENT INFECTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; TURKEY (REPUBLIC); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CRITICAL ILLNESS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHYLOGENY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TURKEY;

EID: 33646178300     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2005.11.010     Document Type: Article

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