Microbiologic isolates and risk factors associated with antimicrobial resistance in patients admitted to the intensive care unit in a tertiary care hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 41, Issue 9, 2013, Pages 846-848

  Da Silva Winter, Juliana ^a   Dos Santos, Rodrigo Pires ^a   De Azambuja, Aline Z ^a   Cechinel, Angélica Bauer ^a   Goldani, Luciano Zubaran ^a  

^a HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Bacterial resistance; Nosocomial infection; Patient outcome

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; SULFONAMIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; APACHE; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BLADDER CATHETERIZATION; BONE MARROW TRANSPLANTATION; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETER; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL DISEASE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; URINARY CATHETER;

BACTERIAL RESISTANCE; NOSOCOMIAL INFECTION; PATIENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84883268031     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2012.11.010     Document Type: Article

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