Prevalence of multiresistant Gram-negative organisms in a surgical hospital in Ho Chi Minh Cit, Vietnam

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 11, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1725-1730

  Jones, S L ^a   Nguyen, V K ^b   Nguyen, T M P ^b   Athan, E ^a,c  

^a Barwon Health ^*  (Australia)

^b Binh Dan Hospital   (Viet Nam)

^c GEELONG HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Extended spectrum lactamase; Gram negative bacteria; Resistance; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZADIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; TAZOBACTAM; TICARCILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; DISEASE RESISTANCE; HOSPITAL SECTOR; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC PROPHYLAXIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG MECHANISM; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENZYME RELEASE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NONHUMAN; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; SAMPLE; SURGICAL WARD; VIET NAM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CEPHALOSPORIN RESISTANCE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; VIETNAM;

ASIA; EURASIA; HO CHI MINH CITY; SOUTHEAST ASIA; VIET NAM;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 33750332618     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2006.01731.x     Document Type: Article

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