Pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa drug resistance in Tabriz children hospital

Pakistan Journal of Biological Sciences

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2010, Pages 400-404

  Ghorashi, Z ^a   Nezami, N ^a,b   Ghotaslou, R ^a   Ghorashi, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antibiogram; Child; Intensive care unit; Nosocomial infection; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFANT; IRAN; MICROBIOLOGY; NEWBORN; PHYSIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; IRAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS;

PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA;

EID: 77952485533     PISSN: 10288880     EISSN: 18125735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/pjbs.2010.400.404     Document Type: Article

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