Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of blood isolates from a teaching hospital in North India

Japanese Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 174-176

  Mehta, Manjula ^a   Dutta, Priya ^a   Gupta, Varsha ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CARBENICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; SULPERAZON; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; FEMALE; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY;

BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE;

EID: 23844489492     PISSN: 13446304     EISSN: 13446304     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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