The relevance of ESBL producing isolates in patients surgically treated for acute appendicitis

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2011, Pages

  Gupta, Neha ^a   Sohanlal, T ^a   Soman, Rajeev ^a   Shetty, Anjali ^a   Rodrigues, Camilla ^a  

^a P D HINDUJA NATIONAL HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BETA LACTAMASE;

APPENDICITIS; ARTICLE; BIOSYNTHESIS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTION; ENZYMOLOGY; HUMAN; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PERIOPERATIVE PERIOD; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATION; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; APPENDICITIS; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INAPPROPRIATE PRESCRIBING; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PERIOPERATIVE CARE; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 79956191877     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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