High frequency of multidrug-resistant gram-negative rods in 2 neonatal intensive care units in the Philippines

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 543-549

  Litzow, Jennifer M ^a,c   Gill, Christopher J ^b,d   Mantaring, Jose B V ^f   Fox, Matthew P ^d   MacLeod, William B ^d   Mendoza, Myrna ^g   Mendoza, Sookee ^h   Scobie, Rebecca ⁱ   Huskins, Charles W ^e   Goldman, Donald A ^c   Hamer, David H ^b,d  

^a BOSTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b Infectious Diseases Section   (United States)

^c BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^d BOSTON UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^e MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^f Department of Neonatal Medicine ^*

^g Nutricia Nederland   (Netherlands)

^h PHILIPPINE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Philippines)

ⁱ UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ENTEROBACTER; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PATHOGENESIS; PHILIPPINES; PREMATURITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH PROBLEM; RISK FACTOR;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, EXTREMELY LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHILIPPINES; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 67651091651     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/597512     Document Type: Article

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