Prevalence of antibiotic resistance among Acinetobacter baumannii isolates from Aleppo, Syria

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 40, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 776-777

  Hamzeh, Abdul Rezzak ^a   Al Najjar, Mona ^b   Mahfoud, Maysa ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALEPPO   (Syrian Arab Republic)

^b Centralized Clinical Microbiological Laboratory   (Syrian Arab Republic)

Author keywords

Carbapenems; Colistin; Respiratory infections; Urinary infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DEVICES; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARBAPENEMS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COLISTIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INFANT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTIONS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SYRIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84867057496     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2011.09.019     Document Type: Article

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