Bacteriology and antibiotic Susceptibility pattern of peritonsillar abscess

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 139-142

  Acharya, Anju ^a   Gurung, R ^a   Khanal, B ^a   Ghimire, A ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Peritonsillar abscess; Susceptibility pattern

Indexed keywords

CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG EFFECT; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; TONSILLITIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HAEMOPHILUS INFECTIONS; HAEMOPHILUS INFLUENZAE; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PERITONSILLAR ABSCESS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; TONSILLITIS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79958712298     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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