Admission surveillance cultures among patients admitted to intensive care unit

North American Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 4, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 648-650

  Gupta, Varsha ^a   Singla, Nidhi ^a   Gombar, Satinder ^a   Palta, Sanjeev ^a   Sahoo, Trii ^a   Chander, Jagdish ^a  

^a GOVERNMENT MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; BETA LACTAM; BETA LACTAMASE INHIBITOR; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SULPERAZON; TIGECYCLINE;

ACINETOBACTER; DISINFECTION; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; HYGIENE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PROSPECTIVE STUDY;

EID: 84870941029     PISSN: 22501541     EISSN: 19472714     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/1947-2714.104317     Document Type: Letter

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