Incident of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in post-operative wound infection

American Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-6

  Masaadeh, Hani A ^a   Jaran, Adnan S ^b  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

^b AL AL BAYT UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Incident; Infection; Nosocomial; Post operative wound; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; JORDAN; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OPERATION DURATION; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; SURGICAL INFECTION;

EID: 64549122475     PISSN: 15536203     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3844/ajidsp.2009.1.6     Document Type: Article

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