Nosocomial urinary tract infection due to Leuconostoc mesenteroides at a tertiary care centre in north India

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 122, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 178-179

  Taneja, Neelam ^a   Rani, Phulan ^a   Emmanuel, Rekha ^a   Khudaier, Bassam Yasein ^a   Sharma, Surinder Kumar ^a   Tewari, Rupinder ^a   Sharma, Meera ^a  

^a PANJAB UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CATHETER INFECTION; CATHETERIZATION; CULTURE MEDIUM; DEVICE REMOVAL; DIGESTIVE SYSTEM; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL HYGIENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; LEUCONOSTOC MESENTEROIDES; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; NEWBORN INFECTION; NONHUMAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; LEUCONOSTOC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; URINARY CATHETERIZATION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 26044483575     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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