Antimicrobial activity of tigecycline against nosocomial pathogens in Pakistan: A multicenter study

Journal of the Pakistan Medical Association

Volumn 59, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 240-242

  Ahmed, Altaf ^a   Zafar, Afia ^b   Mirza, Sajjad ^c  

^a CIVIL HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^b AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Pakistan)

^c ARMED FORCES INSTITUTE OF PATHOLOGY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; MINOCYCLINE; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROBACTER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; IN VITRO STUDY; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; SERRATIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MINOCYCLINE; PAKISTAN;

EID: 65749105566     PISSN: 00309982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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