Changing trends of in vitro antimicrobial resistance patterns in blood isolates in a tertiary care hospital over a period of 4 years

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 64, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 485-492

  Gupta, Anu ^a   Sharma, Shweta ^a   Arora, Anita ^a   Gupta, Ashish ^a  

^a ESCORTS HEART INSTITUTE AND RESEARCH CENTRE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; blood; epidemiology

Indexed keywords

IMIPENEM; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULPERAZON;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BLOOD CULTURE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; TREND STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CORONARY CARE UNITS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GRAM-NEGATIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HUMANS; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 84869987329     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: 19983654     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0019-5359.102118     Document Type: Article

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