Antimicrobial resistance pattern of Gram-negative bacilli of nosocomial origin at 2 university hospitals in Iran

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 301-305

  Hadadi, Azar ^a   Rasoulinejad, Mehrnaz ^b   Maleki, Zohreh ^b   Yonesian, Masoud ^c   Shirani, Afsaneh ^c   Kourorian, Zahra ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; E test; Gram negative bacteria; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPSILOMETER TEST; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 39249085989     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.10.010     Document Type: Article

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