Correlation between fluoroquinolone consumption in hospitals and ciprofloxacin resistance amongst Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates causing healthcare-associated infections, Taiwan, 2000-2009

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 37, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 581-584

  Weng, Tzu Chieh ^a,b   Chen, Yen Hsu ^c   Lee, Chi Ching ^d   Wang, Cheng Yi ^e   Lai, Chih Cheng ^a   Tang, Hung Jen ^a   Ko, Wen Chien ^d   Hsueh, Po Ren ^f  

^a CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c KAOHSIUNG MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^d NATIONAL CHENG KUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^e FU JEN CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^f NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG USE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; TAIWAN; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

CIPROFLOXACIN; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; TAIWAN;

EID: 79955467144     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.02.002     Document Type: Letter

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