Antimicrobial drug– resistant bacteria isolated from Syrian war–injured patients, August 2011–march 2013

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 20, Issue 11, 2014, Pages 1949-1951

  Teicher, Carrie Lee ^a   Ronat, Jean Baptiste ^b   Fakhri, Rasheed M ^b   Basel, Mohamed ^b   Labar, Amy S ^c   Herard, Patrick ^b   Murphy, Richard A ^b,d  

^a Epicentre   (United States)

^b MÉDECINS SANS FRONTIÈRES   (Switzerland)

^c HARVARD SCHOOL OF PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^d ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CEFEPIME; CEFIXIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BATTLE INJURY; CONTAMINATION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; BACTERIUM; DRUG EFFECTS; HISTORY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; SYRIAN ARAB REPUBLIC; WAR; WOUND INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SYRIA; WAR; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84908095839     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: 10806059     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid2011.140835     Document Type: Letter

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