Serratia sp. bacteremia in Canberra, Australia: A population-based study over 10 years

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 821-824

  Engel, H J ^a   Collignon, P J ^b   Whiting, P T ^c   Kennedy, K J ^b  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b CANBERRA HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c Capital Pathology ^*  (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SCHOOL CHILD; SEPSIS; SERRATIA; SERRATIA FONTICOLA; SERRATIA INFECTION; SERRATIA LIQUIEACIENS; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; SERRATIA RUBIDAEA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; SERRATIA; SERRATIA INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 67349263498     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0707-7     Document Type: Article

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