Bacteriological profile of neonatal septicemia and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of the isolates

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 306-309

  Jyothi, P ^a   Basavaraj, Metri C ^a   Basavaraj, Peerapur V ^a  

^a REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Antimicrobial resistance; Neonatal septicemia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84884243770     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.116981     Document Type: Article

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