Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of microorganisms involved in the pathogenesis of surgical site infection (SSI); a 1 year of surveillance

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 15, 2008, Pages 1940-1944

  Khorvash, Farzin ^a   Mostafavizadeh, K ^a   Mobasherizadeh, S ^a   Behjati, M ^a   Naeini, A E ^a   Rostami, S ^a   Abbasi, S ^a   Memarzadeh, M ^a   Khorvash, F A ^a  

^a ISFAHAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Antibiotic susceptibility; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PATHOGENICITY; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; PSEUDOMONAS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 57649221171     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2008.1940.1944     Document Type: Article

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