Antiobiotic resistance pattern of biofilm-forming uropathogens isolated from catheterised patients in Pondicherry, India

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 5, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 344-348

  Pramodhini, Subramanian ^a   Niveditha, Shanmugam ^a   Umadevi, Sivaraman ^a   Kumar, Shailesh ^a   Stephen, Selvaraj ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Biofilm; Congo red agar method; Tube adherence method; Uropathogens

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFOTAXIME; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CONGO RED; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; NALIDIXIC ACID; NETILMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; QUINOLONE DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOFILM; CATHETERIZATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INDIA; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84864690684     PISSN: 18361935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2012.1193     Document Type: Article

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