Nosocomial blood stream infection in intensive care units at Assiut University Hospitals (Upper Egypt) with special reference to extended spectrum β-lactamase producing organisms

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 2, Issue , 2009, Pages

  Ahmed, Shaaban H ^a   Daef, Enas A ^a   Badary, Mohammed S ^a   Mahmoud, Mohammed A ^a   Abd Elsayed, Alaa A ^a  

^a Assiut University Faculty of Medicine   (Egypt)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

BACILLI (CLASS); CANDIDA; ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEGIBACTERIA; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 77049120882     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-2-76     Document Type: Article

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