Bacterial isolates from mechanically ventilated patients with nosocomial pneumonia within Intensive Care Unit of a tertiary care center

Journal of Communicable Diseases

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 281-288

  Nag, V L ^a   Ayyagari, A ^a   Venkatesh, V ^a   Dash, N R ^a   Ghar, M ^a   Prasad, K N ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Intensive care unit; Mechanical ventilation; Pneumonia

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM; CROSS INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MORTALITY; STATISTICS;

AMIKACIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIA; CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; PNEUMONIA, BACTERIAL; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL;

EID: 33845722177     PISSN: 00195138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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