Changing pattern of antibiotic susceptibility in intensive care units: Ten years experience of a university hospital

Anaerobe

Volumn 17, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 422-425

  Alp, Emine ^a   Kiran, Bilge ^a   Altun, Dilek ^a   Kalin, Gamze ^a   Coskun, Ramazan ^a   Sungur, Murat ^a   Akin, Aynur ^a   Percin, Duygu ^a   Doganay, Mehmet ^a  

^a ERCIYES UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Infection control; Intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CIPROFLOXACIN; METICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SURVEILLANCE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HOSPITAL ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK REDUCTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; TREND STUDY; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84655169881     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: 10958274     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.anaerobe.2011.04.017     Document Type: Article

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