Etiological pattern of septicemia at three hospitals in Lahore

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2000, Pages 375-379

  Chaudhry, I ^a   Chaudhry, N A ^a   Munir, M ^a   Hussain, R ^a   Tayyab, M ^a  

^a Postgraduate Medical Institute   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Bacterial infections; Etiology; Gram negative bacteria; Gram positive bacteria; Septicemia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TOBRAMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; ENTEROBACTER CLOACAE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; PAKISTAN; PSEUDOMONAS; SEPTICEMIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0033749844     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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