Antibiotic resistance in clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in Enugu and Abakaliki, Nigeria

Internet Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Amadi, E S ^a   Uzoaru, P N ^a   Orji, I ^a   Nwaziri, A A ^b   Iroha, I R ^a  

^a EBONYI STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NIGERIA   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotic; Inhibition; Pus; Resistance; Wound

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 77953369469     PISSN: None     EISSN: 15288366     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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