Isolation, identification & characterization of Proteus Penneri - A missed rare pathogen

Indian Journal of Medical Research

Volumn 135, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 341-345

  Kishore, Janak ^a  

^a SANJAY GANDHI POSTGRADUATE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Dienes; Indole; MDR; Proteus; Proteus penneri; Swarming

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CITRIC ACID; MALTOSE; SALICIN; SUCROSE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOCHEMISTRY; BODY FLUID; CHILD; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEUS INFECTION; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS PENNERI; PUS; URINALYSIS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; BETA-LACTAMASES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROTEUS INFECTIONS; PROTEUS PENNERI;

EID: 84860384576     PISSN: 09715916     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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