Bloodstream infections with OXA-23-producing Acinetobacter baumannii isolates in a university-affiliated hospital in Brazil: Epidemiology and clinical outcomes

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 39, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 706-708

  Furtado, Guilherme H ^a   Cavalcante, Ana C ^a   Medeiros, Eduardo A ^a   Gales, Ana C ^a   Oliveira, Vinicius G ^a   Girardelo, Raquel ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; POLYMYXIN; SULBACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BRAZIL; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DRUG CHOICE; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; BRAZIL; CARBAPENEMS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053568568     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.02.020     Document Type: Letter

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