Hospital acquired infections in a medical intensive care unit

Journal of the College of Physicians and Surgeons Pakistan

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 386-390

  Akhtar, Naeem ^a  

^a RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Hospital acquired infections; Medical intensive care unit; Prevalent microorganisms

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFACLOR; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFRADINE; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CANDIDA; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEVER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; INFECTION CONTROL; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RESPIRATORY SYSTEM; TISSUE CULTURE; URINARY TRACT; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; PAKISTAN;

CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN;

EID: 77955805253     PISSN: 1022386X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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