Piperacillin/tazobactam-heteroresistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa from urinary infection, successfully treated by piperacillin/tazobactam.

نویسندگان

  • Spyros Pournaras
  • Alexandros Ikonomidis
  • Evangelia Neou
  • Maria Kantzanou
  • Antonios N Maniatis
  • Athanassios Tsakris
چکیده

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عنوان ژورنال:
  • The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

دوره 61 3  شماره 

صفحات  -

تاریخ انتشار 2008