RESISTANCE ISSUES AND TREATMENT IMPLICATIONS - PNEUMOCOCCUS, STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, AND GRAM-NEGATIVE RODS

Authors
Citation
De. Low, RESISTANCE ISSUES AND TREATMENT IMPLICATIONS - PNEUMOCOCCUS, STAPHYLOCOCCUS-AUREUS, AND GRAM-NEGATIVE RODS, Infectious disease clinics of North America, 12(3), 1998, pp. 613
Citations number
124
Categorie Soggetti
Infectious Diseases",Immunology
ISSN journal
08915520
Volume
12
Issue
3
Year of publication
1998
Database
ISI
SICI code
0891-5520(1998)12:3<613:RIATI->2.0.ZU;2-P
Abstract
During the last decade there has been an unexpectedly rapid evolution of antimicrobial resistance in the respiratory pathogens inr community - and hospital-acquired pneumonia. in order to choose the most optimal therapy for their patients, it is essential that physicians be au are of the prevalence and mechanisms of resistance and their implications on the effectiveness of the various antimicrobials.