Investigation of hospital-acquired infections due to Achromobacter xylosoxidans in a tertiary care hospital in India [8]

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 248-250

  Kumar, A ^a,b   Ray, P ^a   Kanwar, M ^a   Sethi, S ^a   Narang, A ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CATALASE; CEFALEXIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CITRIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; NETILMICIN; OXIDOREDUCTASE; TETRACYCLINE; UREASE;

ACHROMOBACTER XYLOSOXIDANS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEATH; DIFFUSION; GENOTYPE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ACHROMOBACTER DENITRIFICANS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INDIA; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INFANT, PREMATURE, DISEASES; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 30344487310     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2005.07.016     Document Type: Letter

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