Multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter infections in critically injured Canadian forces soldiers

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue , 2007, Pages

  Tien, Homer C ^a,b   Battad, Anthony ^b   Bryce, Elizabeth A ^c   Fuller, Jeffrey ^d   Mulvey, Michael ^e   Bernard, Kathy ^e   Brisebois, Ronald ^b,d   Doucet, Jay J ^b,c   Rizoli, Sandro B ^a   Fowler, Robert ^a   Simor, Andrew ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

^b 1st Canadian Field Hospital   (Canada)

^c VANCOUVER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEZLOCILLIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BATTLE INJURY; CANADA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CRITICAL ILLNESS; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOLDIER; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CLASSIFICATION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; INJURY; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROPORE FILTER; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; RISK FACTOR; VENTILATOR;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AFGHANISTAN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS, MILITARY; HUMANS; MICROPORE FILTERS; MILITARY PERSONNEL; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; VENTILATORS, MECHANICAL; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 34748889963     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-7-95     Document Type: Article

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