Retrospective analysis of antimicrobial resistance and bacterial spectrum of infection in Gabon, Central Africa

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Alabi, Abraham S ^a,b   Frielinghaus, Lisa ^a,c   Kaba, Harry ^a,b   Kösters, Katrin ^d   Huson, Michaëla A M ^a,e   Kahl, Barbara C ^c   Peters, Georg ^c   Grobusch, Martin P ^a,b,e   Issifou, Saadou ^a,b   Kremsner, Peter G ^a,b   Schaumburg, Frieder ^a,c  

^a CERMEL Centre de Recherche Médicale de Lambaréné   (Gabon)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TÜBINGEN   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL MÜNSTER   (Germany)

^d HELIOS Clinic Krefeld   (Germany)

^e UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Africa; Antimicrobial resistance; Epidemiology; ESBL; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CENTRAL AFRICA; CHILD; EAR INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GABON; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE INFECTION; PANTOEA AGGLOMERANS; PHARYNGITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SCHOOL CHILD; SECONDARY HEALTH CARE; SKIN INFECTION; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GABON; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84884742538     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-455     Document Type: Article

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