High prevalence of metallo-β-lactamase-producing Acinetobacter baumannii in a teaching hospital in Tabriz, Iran

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 69-71

  Peymani, Amir ^a   Nahaei, Mohammad Reza ^a   Farajnia, Safar ^b   Hasani, Alka ^a   Mirsalehian, Akbar ^c   Sohrabi, Nasrollah ^a   Abbasi, Laleh ^a  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANATE POTASSIUM PLUS TICARCILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; EPSILOMETER TEST; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; IRAN; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CARBAPENEMS; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; IRAN; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; THIENAMYCINS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79551579753     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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