A prospective survey and analysis of nosocomial infections in a tertiary care teaching hospital in South India

Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences and Research

Volumn 5, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 231-236

  Aaseer Thamby, Sam ^a  

^a AIMST UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

E.coli; Hospital acquired infections; Klebsiella; Nosocomial; P.aeruginosa

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOPERAZONE; CEFOTAXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; CELLULITIS; DEVICE INFECTION; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RATE; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PNEUMONIA; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY CARE CENTER; THROMBOPHLEBITIS; URINARY CATHETER; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

EID: 84891665555     PISSN: 09751459     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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