Typing of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients with VAP in an intensive care unit

New Microbiologica

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 277-283

  Lambiase, Antonietta ^a   Rossano, Fabio ^a   Piazza, Ornella ^a   Del Pezzo, Mariassunta ^a   Catania, Maria Rosaria ^a   Tufano, Rosalba ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

Intensive Care; PFGE; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Quantitative endotracheal aspirate; Ventilator associated pneumonia

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA;

AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

AGED; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 70349868424     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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