Correlation between fluoroquinolone consumption in hospitals and ciprofloxacin resistance amongst Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolates causing healthcare-associated infections, Taiwan, 2000-2009

Int J Antimicrob Agents. 2011 Jun;37(6):581-4. doi: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2011.02.002. Epub 2011 Apr 12.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Ciprofloxacin / pharmacology*
  • Cross Infection
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial*
  • Drug Utilization / statistics & numerical data*
  • Fluoroquinolones / therapeutic use*
  • Hospitals
  • Humans
  • Pseudomonas Infections / microbiology*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / drug effects*
  • Pseudomonas aeruginosa / isolation & purification
  • Taiwan

Substances

  • Fluoroquinolones
  • Ciprofloxacin