Colonization pressure and risk factors for acquisition of imipenem-resistant Acinetobacter baumannii in a medical surgical intensive care unit in Brazil

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-265

  Castelo Branco Fortaleza, Carlos Magno ^a   Moreira De Freitas, Fernanda ^a   Da Paz Lauterbach, Gerhard ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; Gram negative bacilli; Metrics in infection control; Multidrug resistant organisms; Resistance to imipenem

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; RISK FACTOR; SURGICAL WARD;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ACINETOBACTER INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BRAZIL; COHORT STUDIES; HUMANS; IMIPENEM; INTENSIVE CARE; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84875364305     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.03.016     Document Type: Article

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