Canadian Journal of Infectious Diseases (Jan 1997)

Study of the Comparative Activity of Piperacillin/Tazobactam with Currently Available Antibiotics against 8206 Aerobic Isolates

  • Kevin R Forward,
  • Donald E Low,
  • Michel Laverdiere,
  • Robert Rennie,
  • Andrew E Simor,
  • Patricia A Franks,
  • Members of the Canadian Piperacillin/Tazobactam Study Group

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1155/1997/632673
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 3
pp. 147 – 153

Abstract

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OBJECTIVES: To compare the activity of piperacillin-tazobactam with piperacillin and other parenterally administered antibiotics against aerobic Gram-negative bacilli and Gram-positive cocci isolated from across Canada, and to determine the prevalence of resistance mediated by extended-spectrum cephalosporinases.