Survey of gut colonisation with Stenotrophomonas maltophilia among neonates

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 72, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 183-185

  Basu, S ^a   Das, P ^a   Roy, S ^a   De, S ^a   Singh, A ^b  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CHOLERA AND ENTERIC DISEASES   (India)

^b INSTITUTE OF POST GRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INDIA; INTESTINE INFECTION; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NEWBORN SEPSIS; NONHUMAN; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CROSS INFECTION; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, NEWBORN, DISEASES; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA;

EID: 67349187464     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2009.03.003     Document Type: Letter

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