Bloodstream infections caused by multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae: report from two Portuguese hospitals

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 70, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 93-95

  Fernandes, R ^a   Vieira, M ^a   Ferraz, R ^a   Prudencio C ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF PORTO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFALOTIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CEPHAMYCIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONSENSUS SEQUENCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MORGANELLA MORGANII; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PORTUGAL; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

BACTEREMIA; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PORTUGAL; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE;

EID: 48749129355     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2008.05.007     Document Type: Letter

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