Antibiotic resistance patterns in medical and surgical patients in a combined medical-surgical intensive care unit

Journal of Critical Care

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 347-351

  Akulian, Jason A ^a   Metersky, Mark L ^b  

^a JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Infection; Intensive care; Medical; Surgical

Indexed keywords

AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BURKHOLDERIA; CITROBACTER; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SERRATIA MARCESCENS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; SURGICAL PATIENT; SURGICAL WARD; COMORBIDITY; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL; STATISTICS; SURGICAL;

ANTIBIOTIC; INFECTION; INTENSIVE CARE; MEDICAL; SURGICAL;

AGED; COMORBIDITY; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84886693987     PISSN: 08839441     EISSN: 15578615     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcrc.2012.02.006     Document Type: Article

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