WHONET software for the surveillance of antimicrobial susceptibility

Medical Journal Armed Forces India

Volumn 65, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 264-266

  Agarwal, A ^a   Kapila, K ^b   Kumar, S ^b  

^a MILITARY HOSPITAL   (India)

^b ARMED FORCES MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Surveillance; WHONET

Indexed keywords

GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; DATA ANALYSIS SOFTWARE; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL; MEDICAL INFORMATION SYSTEM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY;

EID: 70349217089     PISSN: 03771237     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0377-1237(09)80020-8     Document Type: Article

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