A study on the bacteriological profile and antibiogram of bacteremia in children below 10 years in a tertiary care hospital in Bangalore, India

Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 2732-2735

  Tiwari, Devendra Kumar ^a   Golia, Saroj ^a   Sangeetha, K T ^a   Vasudha, C L ^a  

^a DR B R AMBEDKAR MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Bacteremia; Extended spectrum beta lactamases (ESBLs); Klebsiella; Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; AZTREONAM; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; AGE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CHILD; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; DISK DIFFUSION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NEWBORN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; SALMONELLA TYPHI; SCHOOL CHILD; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER;

EID: 84890493273     PISSN: 2249782X     EISSN: 0973709X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7860/JCDR/2013/6682.3701     Document Type: Article

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