Need for improved antimicrobial and infection control stewardship in Vietnamese intensive care units

Tropical Medicine and International Health

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 737-743

  Johansson, M ^a   Phuong, D M ^b   Walther, S M ^a   Hanberger, H ^a  

^a LINKÖPING UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b BACH MAI HOSPITAL   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Hand hygiene; Intensive care unit; Vietnam

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTICS; BACTERIUM; BLOOD; DATA SET; DISEASE CONTROL; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL SECTOR; HYGIENE; MICROBIOLOGY;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHARMACY; PSEUDOMONAS; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VIET NAM;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HANDWASHING; HUMANS; HYGIENE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VIETNAM;

VIET NAM;

ACINETOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 79955764564     PISSN: 13602276     EISSN: 13653156     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-3156.2011.02753.x     Document Type: Article

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