Multi-drug resistant Acinetobacter species from various clinical samples in a tertiary care hospital from South India

Australasian Medical Journal

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2013, Pages 697-700

  Sivaranjani, Vijayan ^a   Umadevi, Sivaraman ^a   Srirangaraj, Sreenivasan ^a   Kali, Arunava ^a   Seetha, K S ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI MEDICAL COLLEGE AND RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter; Clinical samples; Multi drug resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COLISTIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; IMIPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; POLYMYXIN B;

ACINETOBACTER; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CHILD; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INDIA; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEWBORN; OUTPATIENT; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SAMPLING; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; WARD;

EID: 84891519550     PISSN: 18361935     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4066/AMJ.2013.1901     Document Type: Article

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