Fluoroquinolone use and resistance of Gram-negative bacteria causing healthcare-associated infections at a university hospital in Taiwan from 2000 to 2008

Journal of Infection

Volumn 64, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 618-620

  Cheng, Aristine ^a,b   Tan, Che Kim ^c   Chu, Chen Chen ^a   Huang, Yu Tsung ^a,b   Liao, Chun Hsing ^b   Sheng, Wang Huei ^a   Hsueh, Po Ren ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^b FAR EASTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c CHI MEI MEDICAL CENTER   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MOXIFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER JUNII; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; ALCALIGENES; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM INDOLOGENES; CHRYSEOBACTERIUM MENINGOSEPTICUM; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DRUG USE; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; LINEAR REGRESSION ANALYSIS; PRESCRIPTION; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS FLUORESCENS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TAIWAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 84862784870     PISSN: 01634453     EISSN: 15322742     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinf.2012.02.001     Document Type: Letter

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