Evaluation of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative isolates collected from intensive care units and reliability of routine disc susceptibility tests at a teaching hospital in Tehran

Iranian Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 89-100

  Vessal, Ghazal ^a   Afhami, Shirin ^b   Gholami, Kheirollah ^c   Shafaghi, Bijan ^d   Yazdi, Sohaila Hekmat ^e  

^a SHIRAZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^d SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^e MINISTRY OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL EDUCATION   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Disc diffusion; Gram negative; ICU; MIC

Indexed keywords

EID: 78651261388     PISSN: 17350328     EISSN: 17266890     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.22037/IJPR.2010.660     Document Type: Article

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