Nosocomial infection due to Enterobacter cloacae in a tertiary care hospital in northern India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 103, Issue JAN., 1996, Pages 58-61

  Banerjee, G ^a   Ayyagari, A ^a   Prasad, K N ^a   Dhole, T N ^a   Singh, S K ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Biotypes; Enterobacter; Nosocomial infection; Phage types; Plasmid

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOTAXIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; WATER;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIOPHAGE TYPING; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOTYPOLOGY; DIET; DRAIN; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; HAND; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SEPTICEMIA; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0030048957     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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