Acetic acid treatment of pseudomonal wound infections

European Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 104-106

  Nagoba, Basavraj ^a   Wadher, Bharat ^b   Kulkarni, Prabhakar ^a   Kolhe, Shirish ^a  

^a Department of Microbiology ^*  (India)

^b RTM NAGPUR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Antibiotic resistance; Nosocomial wound infections; P. aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ACETIC ACID; AMIKACIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; PIPERACILLIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ABSENCE OF SIDE EFFECTS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MALE; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 55849142236     PISSN: 13043889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.29333/ejgm/82586     Document Type: Article

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