Changing trend of antimicrobial resistance among gram-negative bacilli isolated from lower respiratory tract of ICU patients: A 5-year study

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 164-167

  Gagneja, Deep ^a   Goel, Nidhi ^a   Aggarwal, Ritu ^a   Chaudhary, Uma ^a  

^a POST GRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Gram negative bacilli; intensive care unit; resistance trend

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTIZOXIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; MEROPENEM; NETILMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM;

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRONCHIAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; CHILD; CITROBACTER; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT; LOWER RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SCHOOL CHILD; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE;

EID: 80053366059     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.84900     Document Type: Article

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