Dog bite transmission of antibiotic-resistant bacteria to a human

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 762-763

  Johnson, Jennifer K ^a   Perencevich, Eli N ^a   Lincalis, Durry P ^b   Venezia, Richard A ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; HYDROGEN PEROXIDE; LINEZOLID; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CLINICAL FEATURE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DOG; DOG BITE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; WOUND CARE;

ADULT; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BITES AND STINGS; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS;

EID: 33747720714     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/505101     Document Type: Article

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