Multidrug-resistant bacteria in Southeastern Austria [1]

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 1256-1257

  Badura, Alexandra ^a   Feierl, Gebhard ^a   Kessler, Harald H ^a   Grisold, Andrea ^a   Masoud, Lilian ^a   Wagner Eibel, Ute ^a   Marth, Egon ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; HUMAN; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 34548390995     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1308.070283     Document Type: Letter

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