AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 212-216, April 2010

Antibiotic consumption as a driver for resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and Escherichia coli within a developing region

  • Michael A. Borg, MD, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Infection Control Unit, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress correspondence to Dr Michael A Borg, Mater Dei Hospital, Infection Control Unit, Msida, Malta.
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  • Peter Zarb, MPhil

      Affiliations

    • Infection Control Unit, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
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  • Elizabeth A. Scicluna, MSc

      Affiliations

    • Infection Control Unit, Mater Dei Hospital, Msida, Malta
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  • Ossama Rasslan, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Infectious Disease Research and Infection Control Unit, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
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  • Deniz Gür, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Clinical Microbiology Laboratory, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey
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  • Saida Ben Redjeb, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Microbiology Laboratory, Hospital Charles Nicolle, Tunis, Tunisia
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  • Ziad Elnasser, MD

      Affiliations

    • Pathology and Microbiology Department, Jordan University of Science and Technology, Irbid, Jordan
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  • Ziad Daoud, PhD

      Affiliations

    • Microbiology Laboratory, St George University Hospital, Beirut, Lebanon

published online 09 November 2009.

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 This study was undertaken as part of the ARMed (Antibiotic Resistance Surveillance and Control in the Mediterranean Region) project, which was funded by the European Commission under the INCOMED program of the DG Research Fifth Framework Protocol (ICA3-CT-2002-10015).

PII: S0196-6553(09)00834-7

doi:10.1016/j.ajic.2009.07.010

AJIC: American Journal of Infection Control
Volume 38, Issue 3 , Pages 212-216, April 2010

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