Enterococcol bacteraemia in a tertiary care hospital of North India

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 103, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 31-37

  Mohanty, Srujana ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a   Das, Bimal K ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Enterococci; High level aminoglycoside resistance; Nosocomial bacteraemia

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CHILD; CLINICAL FEATURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTRAVASCULAR CATHETER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; MIDDLE AGED;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMINOGLYCOSIDES; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 22544487233     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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