An assessment of reservoirs of multi-resistant nosocomial pathogens in a secondary care hospital

Indian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 183-190

  Mathias, Arun Jyothi ^a   Somashekar, R K ^a   Sumithra, S ^a   Subramanya, S ^b  

^a BANGALORE UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b Project Directorate   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotypes; MAR indices; Pseudomonas aeruginosa; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

EID: 0042408335     PISSN: 00468991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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