Klebsiella pneumoniae respiratory isolates from 2000 to 2004 in a Malaysian hospital: Characteristics and relation to hospital antibiotics consumption

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 813-818

  Loh, Li Cher ^a   Chin, H K ^a   Chong, Y Y ^a   Jeyaratnam, A ^a   Raman, S ^b   Vijayasingham, P ^b   Thayaparan, T ^b   Kumar, S ^a,b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b Seremban Hospital   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistence; Community acquired pneumonia; Klebsiella pneumoniae; Respiratory infection; Respiratory isolates

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; GENTAMICIN; SULTAMICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; AGED; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 35848943057     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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