Epidemiology of Acinetobacter spp.-associated healthcare infections and colonization among children at a tertiary-care hospital in Saud Arabia: A 6-year retrospective cohort study

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 31, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 2645-2651

  Balkhy, H H ^a,b,c,g   Bawazeer, M S ^b   Kattan, R F ^b   Tamim, H M ^a,c   Al Johani, S M ^a,b   Aldughashem, F A ^a,b   Al Alem, H A ^a,b   Adlan, A ^c   Herwaldt, L A ^d,e,f  

^a KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^c KING SAUD BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY FOR HEALTH SCIENCES   (Saudi Arabia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^e UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

^f UNIVERSITY OF IOWA HOSPITALS AND CLINICS   (United States)

^g KING ABDULLAH INTERNATIONAL MEDICAL RESEARCH CENTER   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; AGE DISTRIBUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BURN; CHILD; CHILDHOOD MORTALITY; COHORT ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURNS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COHORT STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; ODDS RATIO; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84869117027     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: 14354373     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-012-1608-8     Document Type: Article

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