Anaerobic bacterial flora of intra-abdominal infections and their antimicrobial susceptibility pattern in Kuwait

Anaerobe

Volumn 7, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 291-295

  Panigrahi, D ^a   Rotimi, V O ^a   Dhar, Rita ^b   Chugh, T D ^a   Dhar, P M ^b   Ghali, Adel ^c   Saad, Adel ^c   Sanyal, S C ^b   Varghese, T L ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

^c KUWAIT OIL COMPANY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Anaerobic bacteria; Antibiotic susceptibility; Intra abdominal infections

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOXITIN; CEFTIZOXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ABSCESS; ADULT; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; FEMALE; FUSOBACTERIUM; HUMAN; KUWAIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PERITONITIS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); BACTEROIDES; BACTEROIDES FRAGILIS; FUSOBACTERIUM; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS; PEPTOSTREPTOCOCCUS MICROS; PORPHYROMONAS; PREVOTELLA;

EID: 0035717850     PISSN: 10759964     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anae.2001.0404     Document Type: Article

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