Relationship between the usage of carbapenem antibiotics and the incidence of imipenem-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 147-150

  Fujimura, Shigeru ^a,b   Nakano, Yoshihisa ^a   Sato, Toshio ^c   Shirahata, Keiko ^c   Watanabe, Akira ^b  

^a MIYAGI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c Surgical Pathology Japan Inc   (Japan)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Imipenem; Metallo lactamase; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; BIAPENEM; CARBAPENEM; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; HABEKACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PANIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; SULPERAZON; THIOGLYCOLIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INFANT; JAPAN; NEWBORN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 34347333405     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10156-007-0507-x     Document Type: Article

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