Antibiotic resistance pattern of Enterococci isolates from nosocomial infections in a tertiary care hospital in Eastern India

Journal of Natural Science, Biology and Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 394-397

  Chakraborty, Atreyi ^a   Pal, Nishith K ^b   Sarkar, Soma ^a   Gupta, Manideepa Sen ^a  

^a MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL   (India)

^b NRS MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococcus; Nosocomial infection

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 84937034803     PISSN: 09769668     EISSN: 22297707     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0976-9668.160018     Document Type: Article

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