Extended-spectrum β-lactamases in Escherichia coli and Klebsiella pneumoniae over 18 years: Effect of different systems for eliminating duplicates

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 189-190

  Noguera, Obdulia ^a   López Riquelme, Natividad ^b   Rodríguez, Juan Carlos ^b   Santibañez, Miguel ^c   Álvarez, Ledicia ^b   Galiana, Antonio ^b   Ruiz García, Montserrat ^b   López García, Pilar ^b   Royo, Gloria ^b  

^a HOSPITAL VEGA BAJA   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL GENERAL UNIVERSITARIO DE ELCHE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTABRIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BETA-LACTAMASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FLUOROQUINOLONES; HUMANS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84864288896     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2012.04.017     Document Type: Letter

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