Species distribution & antimicrobial susceptibility of coagulase negative Staphylococci in a tertiary care hospital [1]

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 123, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 569-570

  Singhal, Ritu ^a   Dhawan, Shikha ^a   Mohanty, Srujana ^a   Sood, Seema ^a   Dhawan, Benu ^a   Das, Bimal ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INDIA; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

COAGULASE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INDIA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 33745464795     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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