Alarmingly decreasing rates of amoxicillin-clavulanate susceptibility among clinical isolates of Haemophilus influenzae from 2001 to 2009 in a medical center in Taiwan

Journal of Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 185-187

  Chung, Kuei Pin ^a   Huang, Yu Tsung ^a   Lee, Li Na ^a   Yu, Chong Jen ^a   Lai, Chih Cheng ^b   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFACLOR; CEFEPIME; CEFMETAZOLE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOTIAM; CEFOXITIN; CEFUROXIME; SULTAMICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONTROLLED STUDY; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

AMOXICILLIN-POTASSIUM CLAVULANATE COMBINATION; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUTATION; PENICILLIN-BINDING PROTEINS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79551588578     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2010.12.001     Document Type: Letter

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