Endemic occurrence of infections by multidrug-resistant Escherichia coli of four unique serotypes in the elderly population of Israel

FEMS Microbiology Letters

Volumn 239, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 249-254

  Wolk, Moshe ^a   Valinsky, Lea ^a   Sompolinsky, David ^b   Sechter, Iancu ^a   Schmidt, Herbert ^c   Tetry, Shaul ^b   Agmon, Vered ^a  

^a Ministry of Health Central Laboratories   (Israel)

^b BAR ILAN UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^c DRESDEN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Escherichia coli; Extended spectrum lactamase; Geriatric infections; Multidrug resistance; Urinary tract infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PENICILLIN G; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TICARCILLIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; ISRAEL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR CLONING; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; VIRULENCE;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CIPROFLOXACIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENDEMIC DISEASES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; ISRAEL; SEROTYPING; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI;

EID: 5144235102     PISSN: 03781097     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.femsle.2004.08.042     Document Type: Article

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