Clinical and economic consequences of hospital-acquired resistant and multidrug-resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa infections: A systematic review and meta-analysis

Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Nathwani, Dilip ^a   Raman, Gowri ^b   Sulham, Katherine ^c   Gavaghan, Meghan ^c   Menon, Vandana ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUNDEE   (United Kingdom)

^b TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c GfK Market Access   (United States)

^d CUBIST PHARMACEUTICALS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

All cause mortality; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; BETA LACTAM; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DORIPENEM; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLONE; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; HEALTH CARE COST; HEALTH ECONOMICS; HOSPITAL COST; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL MORTALITY; HOSPITAL READMISSION; HUMAN; LENGTH OF STAY; META ANALYSIS; MORTALITY RATE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84988850633     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20472994     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2047-2994-3-32     Document Type: Article

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