Acinetobacter spp. susceptibility to tigecycline: A worldwide perspective [6]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 60, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 449-450

  Curcio, Daniel ^a   Fernández, Francisco ^a  

^a Sanatorio San Jose   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; Glycylcyclines; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COLISTIN; IMIPENEM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TIGECYCLINE;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL TRIAL; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; LUNG ALVEOLUS CELL; LUNG INFECTION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; MORTALITY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PNEUMONIA; SKIN INFECTION; TREATMENT OUTCOME; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ARGENTINA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE;

EID: 34547828203     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm202     Document Type: Letter

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