Changing antimicrobial resistance pattern of isolates from an ICU over a 2 year period

Journal of Association of Physicians of India

Volumn 60, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 27-33

  Jain, Sachin ^a   Khety, Zarine ^a  

^a SAIFEE HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CROSS INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTION; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KLEBSIELLA INFECTION; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ESCHERICHIA COLI INFECTIONS; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS; KLEBSIELLA INFECTIONS; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; PSEUDOMONAS INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84860743280     PISSN: 00045772     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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