Etiology of blood culture isolates among patients in a multidisciplinary teaching hospital in Kuala Lumpur

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 40, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 432-437

  Karunakaran, Rina ^a   Raja, Nadeem Sajjad ^a   Ng, Kee Peng ^a   Navaratnam, Parasakthi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Etiology; Hospitals; Retrospective studies

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CANDIDA; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FUNGUS ISOLATION; KLEBSIELLA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

BACTERIA; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; BETA-LACTAMASES; BLOOD; COAGULASE; FUNGI; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MYCOSES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEPSIS;

EID: 38049038054     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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