Epidemiology and microbiology of Nosocomial bacteraemia at an Indian tertiary care hospital

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 53-54

  Mathur, Purva ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a   Das, Bimal ^a   Dhawan, Benu ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INDIA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INDIA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 13244269865     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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