Time trends in the epidemiology of microbial infections at a tertiary care center in West India over last 5 years

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 58, Issue SUPPL DEC2010, 2010, Pages 37-40

  Patel, Atul K ^a,b   Patel, Ketan K ^a,b   Patel, Kamlesh R ^c   Shah, Sanjiv ^c   Dileep, Pratibha ^d  

^a Vedanta Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

^b Department of Infectious Diseases ^*  (India)

^c Pathology and Microbiology Department   (India)

^d Sterling Hospital   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENTINEL SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 79960069421     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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