Bacteriology of orthopaedic wound infections in an Indian Tertiary Care Hospital

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 121, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 784-785

  Dhawan, Benu ^a   Mohanty, Srujana ^a   Das, B K ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; OUTPATIENT; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; ORTHOPEDICS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 22644437730     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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