Isolation of pathogenic bacteria from fomites in the operating rooms of a specialist hospital in kano, north-western nigeria

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Nwankwo, Emmanuel ^a  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Bacterial pathogens; Fomite; Operating room

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FOMITE; FORCEPS; FUNGUS ISOLATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PROTEUS MIRABILIS; PROTEUS VULGARIS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA ENTERICA; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 84871478362     PISSN: 19378688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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