Bacterial isolates from burn wound infections and their antibiograms: A eight-year study

Indian Journal of Plastic Surgery

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 25-28

  Mehta, Manjula ^a   Dutta, Priya ^a   Gupta, Varsha ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Burn; Infections

Indexed keywords

EID: 34347250813     PISSN: 09700358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0970-0358.32659     Document Type: Article

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