Exploratory spatial mapping of the occurrence of antimicrobial resistance in E. coli in the community

Antibiotics

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 328-338

  Galvin, Sandra ^a   Bergin, Niall ^a   Hennessy, Ronan ^a   Hanahoe, Belinda ^b   Murphy, Andrew W ^a   Cormican, Martin ^a,b   Vellinga, Akke ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL GALWAY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance profiles; Geographical information systems; Mapping; Routine surveillance; Spatial analysis

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION; GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEM; GEOGRAPHIC MAPPING; GROWTH INHIBITION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84903817025     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20796382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/antibiotics2030328     Document Type: Article

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