Comparison of antimicrobial resistance in neonatal and adult intensive care units in a tertiary teaching hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 572-575

  Ariffin, Noorzaitun ^a   Hasan, Habsah ^b   Ramli, Noraida ^a   Ibrahim, Nor Rosidah ^a   Taib, Fahisham ^a   Rahman, Azriani Ab ^a   Mohamed, Zeehaida ^b   Wahab, Suhaimi ^a   Isaacs, David ^c,d   Van Rostenberghe, Hans ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^b SCHOOL OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Malaysia)

^c CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Blood culture; Newborn; Nosocomial infection; Sensitivity

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL POLICY; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MORBIDITY; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PREVALENCE;

EID: 84864667945     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.02.032     Document Type: Article

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