Local resistance patterns to antimicrobials in internal medicine: A focused report from the REGIMEN (REGistro Infezioni in MEdicina INterna) study

Clinical and Experimental Medicine

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 77-82

  Cei, Marco ^a   Pardelli, Riccardo ^a   Sani, Spartaco ^a   Mumoli, Nicola ^a  

^a Livorno Hospital   (Italy)

Author keywords

Antibacterial agents; Bacterial infections; Drug resistance

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, FUNGAL; FEMALE; FUNGI; HUMANS; INTERNAL MEDICINE; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 84895193746     PISSN: 15918890     EISSN: 15919528     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10238-012-0219-0     Document Type: Article

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