Ventilator-associated pneumonia and MRSA ST398, Italy

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 730-731

  Mammina, Caterina ^a   Calà, Cinzia ^a   Plano, Maria R A ^a   Bonura, Celestino ^a   Vella, Antonietta ^a   Monastero, Rachele ^b   Palma, Daniela M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

^b Ospedale Civico e Benfratelli   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFTRIAXONE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; SULFAMETHOXAZOLE; TETRACYCLINE;

AGED; ANAMNESIS; ANEMIA; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE; ITALY; LETTER; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; UNSTABLE ANGINA PECTORIS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA; VIRUS TRANSMISSION;

AGED; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PNEUMONIA, VENTILATOR-ASSOCIATED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 77950661449     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1604.091584     Document Type: Letter

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