Antimicrobial susceptibility of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from wound infections

Indian Journal of Dermatology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 286-288

  Anupurba, Shampa ^a   Bhattacharjee, Amitabha ^a   Garg, Atul ^a   Sen, Malay ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; P. aeruginosa; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846705974     PISSN: 00195154     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5154.30298     Document Type: Article

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