The European surveillance activities EARSS and ESAC in the context of ABS International

Wiener Klinische Wochenschrift

Volumn 120, Issue 9-10, 2008, Pages 264-267

  Metz Gercek, Sigrid ^a   Mittermayer, Helmut ^a  

^a ELISABETHINEN HOSPITAL   (Austria)

Author keywords

ABS International; Antibiotic consumption; Antibiotic resistance; EARSS; ESAC; Resistance surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMINOPENICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBAPENEM; CEPHALOSPORIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; MACROLIDE; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG USE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUROPE; HEALTH CARE ORGANIZATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; EUROPEAN UNION; GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 45349093111     PISSN: 00435325     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00508-008-0967-8     Document Type: Review

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