Association of biofi lm production with multidrug resistance among clinical isolates of Acinetobacter baumannii and Pseudomonas aeruginosa from intensive care unit

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 214-218

  Gurung, Jeetendra ^a   Khyriem, Annie Bakorlin ^a   Banik, Amit ^a   Lyngdoh, Wihiwot Valarie ^a   Choudhury, Basabdatta ^a   Bhattacharyya, Prithwis ^a  

^a NORTH EASTERN INDIRA GANDHI REGIONAL INSTITUTE OF HEALTH AND MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter baumannii; biofilm; multidrug resistant; Pseudomonas aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84885606088     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.118416     Document Type: Article

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