High prevalence of carbapenem resistant Pseudomonas aeruginosa at a tertiary care centre of north India. Are we under-reporting?

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 128, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 324-325

  Behera, Bijayini ^a   Das, Anupam ^a   Mathur, Purva ^a   Kapil, Arti ^a  

^a ALL INDIA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBAPENEM; CEFEPIME; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; EXTENDED SPECTRUM BETA LACTAMASE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIMENTIN;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENZYME SYNTHESIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

CARBAPENEMS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; INDIA; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

EID: 58549117754     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: 09715916     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Letter

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