Bacteriological findings in patients with ocular infection and antibiotic susceptibility patterns of isolated pathogens

Singapore Medical Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 741-743

  Khosravi, Azar D ^a   Mehdinejad, M ^a   Heidari, M ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Bacteria; Ocular infection; Susceptibility patterns

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; COAGULASE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EYE INFECTION; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; PATHOGENESIS; PSEUDOMONAS; BACTERIAL EYE INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EYE INFECTIONS, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 34748918312     PISSN: 00375675     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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