A prospective, descriptive study to identify the microbiological profile of chronic wounds in outpatients

Ostomy Wound Management

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 14-20

  Basu, Somprakas ^a   Ramchuran Panray, Tetraj ^a   Bali Singh, Tej ^a   Gulati, Anil K ^a   Shukla, Vijay K ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES MELLITUS; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; INDIA; LEG ULCER; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; CHRONIC DISEASE; DIABETES COMPLICATIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INDIA; LEG ULCER; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OUTPATIENTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RISK FACTORS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 59149097803     PISSN: 08895899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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