Emerging extra-intestinal infections with Aeromonas hydrophila in coastal region of southern Karnataka

Journal of Postgraduate Medicine

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 199-202

  Mukhopadhyay, C ^a   Chawla, K ^a   Sharma, Y ^a   Bairy, I ^a  

^a KASTURBA MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Aeromonas hydrophila; Extra intestinal infections; India

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABSCESS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CELLULITIS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL FEATURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIABETES MELLITUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; LEG ULCER; LIVER DISEASE; MALE; NEOPLASM; PATHOGENESIS; PATIENT CARE; PELVIC INFLAMMATORY DISEASE; PNEUMONIA; SCHOOL CHILD; SNAKEBITE; SURVIVAL RATE; TREATMENT RESPONSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AEROMONAS HYDROPHILA; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; FEMALE; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SOFT TISSUE INFECTIONS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 47549116759     PISSN: 00223859     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0022-3859.41801     Document Type: Article

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