Antimicrobial drug resistance in Peru

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 520-521

  García, Coralith ^a   Horna, Gertrudis ^a   Linares, Elba ^b   Ramírez, Rafael ^c   Tapia, Elena ^d   Velásquez, Jorge ^e   Medina, Verónica ^f   Guevara, José ^g   Urbina, Martha ^h   Zevallos, Silvia ⁱ   Espinoza, Nelva ^j   Samalvides, Frine ^a,d   Jacobs, Jan ^k  

^a UNIVERSIDAD PERUANA CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL EDGARDO REBAGLIATI MARTINS   (Peru)

^c HOSPITAL NACIONAL GUILLERMO ALMENARA IRIGOYEN   (Peru)

^d HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

^e HOSPITAL NACIONAL ARZOBISPO LOAYZA   (Peru)

^f HOSPITAL NACIONAL ALBERTO SABOGAL SOLOGUREN   (Peru)

^g HOSPITAL NACIONAL DANIEL ALCIDES CARRIÓN   (Peru)

^h Maria Auxiliadora Hospital   (Peru)

ⁱ Hospital Nacional Sergio Bernales   (Peru)

^j Hospital Nacional Hipólito Unanue   (Peru)

^k INSTITUTE OF TROPICAL MEDICINE   (Belgium)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; METICILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE INFECTION; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PERU; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PERU; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE;

EID: 84857578431     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1803.100878     Document Type: Letter

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