Epidemiology and antimicrobial resistance among commonly encountered bacteria associated with infections and colonization in intensive care units in a university-affiliated hospital in Shanghai

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 87-94

  Tan, Ruoming ^a   Liu, Jialin ^a   Li, Meiling ^a   Huang, Jie ^a   Sun, Jingyong ^a   Qu, Hongping ^a  

^a SHANGHAI SECOND MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Antibiogram; ICU acquired infection; Susceptibility rates

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL BED CAPACITY; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; INTENSIVIST; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; UNIVERSITY; YOUNG ADULT;

ANTIBIOGRAM; ICU-ACQUIRED INFECTION; SUSCEPTIBILITY RATES;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CARRIER STATE; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84897020477     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: 19959133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmii.2012.11.006     Document Type: Article

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