Challenges in the management of serious infections.
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چکیده
Figure 1. Antimicrobial-resistant pathogens causing nosocomial infections in intensive care units [1]. Left, Drugs and the organisms resistant to them. Shaded bars denote the percentage of resistant isolates ( SD) during 1998–2002. Bullet points denote the percentage of resistant isolates during 2003 only. Right, No. of resistant isolates during 2003 and increase in the percentage of resistant isolates between 1998–2002 and 2003. 3rd Ceph, third-generation cephalosporin (i.e., ceftriaxone, cefotaxime, or ceftazidime); CoNS, coagulase-negative staphylococci; E. coli, Escherichia coli; K. pneumoniae, Klebsiella pneumoniae; P. aeruginosa, Pseudomonas aeruginosa. “Quinolone” denotes ciprofloxacin or ofloxacin.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Clinical infectious diseases : an official publication of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
دوره 42 Suppl 2 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 2006