An outbreak of Pseudomonas aeruginosa in a burn unit

Burns

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 2010, Pages

  Pednekar, S N ^a   Dohe, V B ^a   Deshpande, S M ^a   Kamble, S S ^a   Bharadwaj, R S ^a   Shouche, Y S ^b  

^a B J MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

^b NATIONAL CENTRE FOR CELL SCIENCE   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFEPIME; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RNA 16S; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; SEQUENCE HOMOLOGY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BURN UNITS; BURNS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DISINFECTANTS; HUMANS; INDIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; SURGICAL INSTRUMENTS;

EID: 77957549496     PISSN: 03054179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.burns.2010.05.006     Document Type: Article

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