Epidemiology of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a tertiary referral teaching hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 151-156

  Bradbury, R S ^a,b   Champion, A C ^b,c   Reid, D W ^a,b  

^a ROYAL HOBART HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cystic fibrosis; Epidemiology; Hospital; Molecular epidemiology; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; MONOBACTAM DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RESTRICTION ENDONUCLEASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHUS SECRETION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RANDOM AMPLIFIED POLYMORPHIC DNA TECHNIQUE; REFERRAL AND CONSULTATION; SPUTUM; TASMANIA;

EID: 69749107653     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.05.021     Document Type: Article

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