The microbiological characteristics of patients with crush syndrome after the Wenchuan earthquake

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 42, Issue 6-7, 2010, Pages 479-483

  Wang, Tingting ^a   Li, Dongdong ^a   Xie, Yi ^a   Kang, Mei ^a   Chen, Zhixing ^a   Chen, Huili ^a   Fan, Hong ^a   Wang, Lanlan ^a   Tao, Chuanmin ^a  

^a SICHUAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHINA; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRUSH SYNDROME; EARTHQUAKE; FEMALE; FUNGUS ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; CRUSH SYNDROME; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EARTHQUAKES; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 77953235322     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: 16511980     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365541003671226     Document Type: Article

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