Bacteriological and antimicrobial susceptibility profile of soft tissue infections from Northern India

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 10-15

  Mohanty, S ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a   Dhawan, B ^a   Das, B K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiogram; Beta lactams; High level aminoglycoside resistance; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Soft tissue infection

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INDIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SOFT TISSUE INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS;

EID: 15544382379     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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