Clinical profile of adult cystic fibrosis patients with frequent epidemic clones of Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Respirology

Volumn 15, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 923-929

  Tingpej, Pholawat ^a   Elkins, Mark ^a   Rose, Barbara ^a   Hu, Honghua ^a   Moriarty, Carmel ^a   Manos, Jim ^a   Barras, Belinda ^b   Bye, Peter ^a,b   Harbour, Colin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b ROYAL PRINCE ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

clinical outcome; cystic fibrosis; frequent epidemic clone; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; pulsed field gel electrophoresis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; NORFLOXACIN; TIMENTIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; DISEASE EXACERBATION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MOLECULAR CLONING; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ASPERGILLUS FUMIGATUS; AUSTRALIA; CLAVULANIC ACIDS; CLONE CELLS; COMORBIDITY; CYSTIC FIBROSIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPUTUM; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TICARCILLIN; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77954939147     PISSN: 13237799     EISSN: 14401843     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1843.2010.01792.x     Document Type: Article

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