Emerging resistance of non-fermenting gram negative bacilli in a tertiary care centre

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 666-667

  Samanta, Palash ^a   Gautam, Vikas ^a   Thapar, Rajni ^b   Ray, Pallab ^a  

^a POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b Swami Devi Dayal Hospital and Dental College   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; RECA PROTEIN; SULPERAZON; TETRACYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOOD SAMPLING; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BURKHOLDERIA CEPACIA COMPLEX; DRUG COST; FERMENTATION; GRAM NEGATIVE BACTERIUM; HUMAN; LETTER; NON FERMENTING GRAM NEGATIVE BACILLUS; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PSEUDOMONAS; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; STENOTROPHOMONAS MALTOPHILIA; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE AEROBIC BACTERIA; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 80053905626     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: 09745130     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0377-4929.85150     Document Type: Letter

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