Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of gram negative bacilli isolated from the lower respiratory tract of ventilated patients in the intensive care unit

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 148-151

  Goel, Nidhi ^a   Chaudhary, Uma ^a   Aggarwal, Ritu ^a   Bala, Kiran ^a  

^a PT B D SHARMA UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Gram negative bacilli; Intensive care unit; Ventilated patients

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AZTREONAM; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

EID: 75749109420     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.58540     Document Type: Article

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