Stable carbapenem susceptibility rates among multidrug-resistant Acinetobacter spp. strains in a setting of high prevalence of carbapenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 187-189

  Zavascki, Alexandre P ^a   Soares, Fabiana C ^a   Superti, Silvana V ^a   Silbert, Suzane ^b   Silva, Fernanda M ^b   Barth, Afonso L ^c  

^a PONTIFICAL CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

^c HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAZIL; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 34250901900     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.03.001     Document Type: Letter

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