Current antimicrobial susceptibility of first-episode melioidosis Burkholderia pseudomallei isolates from the Northern Territory, Australia

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 160-162

  Crowe, Amy ^a   McMahon, Nicole ^a   Currie, Bart J ^a,b   Baird, Robert W ^a  

^a ROYAL DARWIN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b MENZIES SCHOOL OF HEALTH RESEARCH   (Australia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Burkholderia pseudomallei; Melioidosis

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEROPENEM; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; THIENAMYCIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE DURATION; GEOGRAPHIC ORIGIN; MELIOIDOSIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; ONSET AGE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; DRUG EFFECTS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURKHOLDERIA PSEUDOMALLEI; CEFTAZIDIME; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MELIOIDOSIS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NORTHERN TERRITORY; ROOT CAUSE ANALYSIS; THIENAMYCINS; TRIMETHOPRIM-SULFAMETHOXAZOLE COMBINATION;

EID: 84905564512     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: 18727913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2014.04.012     Document Type: Article

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