Comparison of hospital-wide and unit-specific cumulative antibiograms in hospital- and community-acquired infection

Infection

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 249-253

  Lamoth, F ^a   Wenger, A ^a   Prod'Hom, G ^a   Vallet, Y ^a   Pluss Suard C ^a,b   Bille, J ^a   Zanetti, G ^a  

^a LAUSANNE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiogram; Antibiotic resistance; Bacterial sensitivity tests; Hospital units; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EPIDEMIOLOGIC STUDIES; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SWITZERLAND;

EID: 77956059238     PISSN: 03008126     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s15010-010-0033-0     Document Type: Article

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