Carbapenemase reports from the Balkans: A systematic review;Microrganismi produttori di carbapenemasi nei Balcani: Una rassegna sistematica

Infezioni in Medicina

Volumn 22, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 85-106

  Meletis, Georgios ^a   Oustas, Efstathios ^a   Bagkeri, Maria ^a  

^a Aristotle University of Thessaloniki   (Greece)

Author keywords

Balkans; Carbapenemases; Systematic review

Indexed keywords

CARBAPENEM; CARBAPENEMASE; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; ERTAPENEM; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; BETA LACTAMASE;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA; BULGARIA; CITROBACTER KOSERI; CROATIA; GREECE; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; KOSOVO; MONTENEGRO (REPUBLIC); PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUBLICATION; REVIEW; ROMANIA; SERBIA; SLOVENIA; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; BALKAN PENINSULA; ENZYMOLOGY; EUROPE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH; SECRETION (PROCESS);

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BALKAN PENINSULA; BETA-LACTAMASES; EUROPE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PREVALENCE; PUBLIC HEALTH;

EID: 84904260856     PISSN: 11249390     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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