The role of surveillance cultures in the prediction of susceptibility patterns of Gram-negative bacilli in the intensive care unit

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 30, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 739-744

  Baba, H ^a,e   Nimmo, G R ^b   Allworth, A M ^c   Boots, R J ^c,d   Hayashi, Y ^a   Lipman, J ^c,d   Paterson, D L ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b Central Queensland Pathology Laboratory   (Australia)

^c ROYAL BRISBANE AND WOMEN'S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^e NAGOYA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIMENTIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BIOSURVEILLANCE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PREDICTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS;

EID: 79956076176     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-010-1146-1     Document Type: Article

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