Study of prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of bacteria isolated from blood cultures

Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 249-253

  Mehdinejad, M ^a   Khosravi, Azar D ^a   Morvaridi, A ^b  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Bacteria; Blood culture; Susceptibility testing

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; NONHUMAN;

BACILLI (CLASS); ENTEROBACTER SP.; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 67650663544     PISSN: 17273048     EISSN: 18125719     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jbs.2009.249.253     Document Type: Article

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