Bacteriology and antibiogram of pathogens from wound infections at Dessie Laboratory, North East Ethiopia

Tanzania Journal of Health Research

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1-11

  Kibret, Mulugeta ^a   Abera, Bayeh ^a  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Ethiopia; Wound infection

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIOLOGY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CITROBACTER; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROBACTER; ESCHERICHIA COLI; FEMALE; HUMAN; KIRBY BAUER METHOD; KLEBSIELLA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIXED INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84930481114     PISSN: 18216404     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/thrb.v13i4.2     Document Type: Article

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