Burns
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1098-1102 , December 2008

Association between antibiotic use and changes in susceptibility patterns of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in an intensive care burn unit: A 5-year study, 2000–2004

  • Amen Allah Messadi

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Burn Department, Aziza Othmana Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
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  • Thabet Lamia

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Resistance to Antibiotics, Faculty of Medicine, Tunis, Tunisia
    • Corresponding Author InformationCorresponding author. Tel.: +216 22975018; fax: +216 71389652.
    • ,
  • Bousselmi Kamel

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Burn Department, Aziza Othmana Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
    • ,
  • Oueslati Salima

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Burn Department, Aziza Othmana Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
    • ,
  • Memmi Monia

      Affiliations

    • Intensive Care Burn Department, Aziza Othmana Hospital, Tunis, Tunisia
    • ,
  • Ben Redjeb Saida

      Affiliations

    • Laboratory for Resistance to Antibiotics, Faculty of Medicine, Tunis, Tunisia

,Accepted 6 March 2008.

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PII: S0305-4179(08)00095-8

doi: 10.1016/j.burns.2008.03.014

Burns
Volume 34, Issue 8 , Pages 1098-1102 , December 2008

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