A 7-year national survey on bacterial resistance in bronchoalveolar lavage from patients hospitalized in Argentina

Abstract The purpose of this study is to undertake a nationwide survey on bacterial resistance in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) from patients hospitalized in Argentina. A 2-month point prevalence study was conducted twice yearly (April–May and October–November) from 1997 to 2003 by 36 Argentinean cen...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease 2008, Vol.60 (1), p.65-69
Hauptverfasser:	Bantar, Carlos, Famiglietti, Angela, Radice, Marcela, Quinteros, Mirta, for The Antimicrobial Committee, The SIR Participants Group
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Acinetobacter Anti-Bacterial Agents - pharmacology Antimicrobial resistance Argentina Bacteria - drug effects Bacteria - isolation & purification Bacteriology Biological and medical sciences Bronchoalveolar lavage Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid - microbiology Drug Resistance, Bacterial Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology Hospitalization Humans Infectious Disease Internal Medicine Klebsiella pneumoniae Microbial Sensitivity Tests Microbiology Miscellaneous Nosocomial pneumonia Pseudomonas aeruginosa Staphylococcus aureus
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Zusammenfassung:	Abstract The purpose of this study is to undertake a nationwide survey on bacterial resistance in bronchoalveolar lavage (BAL) from patients hospitalized in Argentina. A 2-month point prevalence study was conducted twice yearly (April–May and October–November) from 1997 to 2003 by 36 Argentinean centers. Antimicrobial susceptibility data of the potential pathogens recovered from the BAL (samples containing
ISSN:	0732-8893 1879-0070
DOI:	10.1016/j.diagmicrobio.2007.07.005