Antimicrobial resistance patterns among aerobic Gram-negative bacilli isolated from patients intensive care units: Results of a multicenter study in Russia

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 4, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 497-507

  Stratchounski, Leonid S ^a,c   Kozlov, Roman S ^a   Rechedko, Galina K ^a   Stetsiouk, Olga U ^a   Chavrikova, Elena P ^b   Nonikov, V E ^d   Mitrokhin, S D ^d   Ritchik, L A ^d   Ankirskaya, A S ^d   Mironova, T G ^d   Tetz, V V ^d   Zaslavskaya, N V ^d   Akhmetova, L I ^d   Rozanova, S M ^d   Rudnov, V A ^d   Rokitsky, M R ^d   Marusina, N E ^d   Melnikova, N P ^d   Taraban, V K ^d   Yampolski, A F ^d   Zdzitovetsky, D E ^d   Skazka, T B ^d   Gobetz, N A ^d   Speranskaya, O A ^d   Zdakova, N A ^d   Smirnova, L A ^d   Ilyina, V N ^d   Kretchikova, O I ^d   more..

^a VOLGOGRAD STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^b InnoPharm Ltd   (Russian Federation)

^c OMSK STATE MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d NONE

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Gram negative bacilli; Intensive care units; Nosocomial infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; UREIDOPENICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RUSSIAN FEDERATION;

ACINETOBACTER; BACILLI; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MIRABILIS; NEGIBACTERIA; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 7844219502     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1998.tb00404.x     Document Type: Article

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