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Research Article

Risk factors for mortality and impact of broad-spectrum cephalosporin resistance on outcome in bacteraemic intra-abdominal infections caused by Gram-negative bacilli

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Pages 202-208 | Received 07 Jul 2010, Accepted 04 Nov 2010, Published online: 09 Dec 2010

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