Repeated colonization by multi-drug-resistant acinetobacter calcoaceticus-A. baumannii complex and changes in antimicrobial susceptibilities in surgical intensive care units

Surgical Infections

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 43-48

  Ho, Cheng Mao ^a   Ho, Mao Wang ^a   Chi, Chih Yu ^a   Lin, Chia Der ^a   Lin, Cheng Wen ^a   Tseng, Sung Pin ^b   Teng, Lee Jene ^b   Chang, Hsiao Yun ^c   Chang, Hui Lan ^a   Chang, Ya Fen ^a   Lin, Hsiu Hsien ^a   Tien, Ni ^a   Lu, Jang Jih ^a,d   Lai, Chih Ho ^a,e  

^a CHINA MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c ASIA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^d CHANG GUNG MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS SOUTHWESTERN MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CEFEPIME; CILASTATIN PLUS IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; SULTAMICILLIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CONTROLLED STUDY; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN CELL; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION PREVENTION; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MEDICAL RECORD REVIEW; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEPHALOSPORINS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CHINA; CILASTATIN; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG COMBINATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; INTENSIVE CARE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84875207741     PISSN: 10962964     EISSN: 15578674     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/sur.2012.044     Document Type: Article

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