Carbapenemase-producing enterobacteriaceae (CPE) in the pediatric setting: Results from an 18-month survey

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 35, Issue 5, 2014, Pages 599-601

  Colombo, Sara ^a   Scolfaro, Carlo ^a   Calitri, Carmelina ^a   Denina, Marco ^a   Carraro, Francesca ^b   De Intinis, Gianfranco ^b   Tovo, Pier Angelo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^b REGINA MARGHERITA CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FOSFOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METALLO BETA LACTAMASE; NITROFURANTOIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; CARBAPENEMASE PRODUCING ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ITALY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; SCHOOL CHILD; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENZYMOLOGY; EPIDEMIOLOGY; HOSPITAL; METABOLISM; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; ITALY; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 84898723436     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/675843     Document Type: Letter

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