Changes in bacterial isolates from burn wounds and their antibiograms: A 20-year study (1986-2005)

Burns

Volumn 35, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 553-560

  Guggenheim, Merlin ^a   Zbinden, Reinhard ^b   Handschin, Alexander E ^a   Gohritz, Andreas ^c   Altintas, Mehmet A ^c   Giovanoli, Pietro ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c HANNOVER MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibacterial therapy; Antibiotic susceptibility; Burn wound colonisation; Burn wound infection

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CIPROFLOXACIN PLUS OFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; NETILMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; TOBRAMYCIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURN INFECTION; BURN PATIENT; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FERMENTATION; HUMAN; ISOLATION PROCEDURE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURNS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 63549132259     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.09.004     Document Type: Article

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