Nosocomial Isolates and Their Drug Resistant Pattern in ICU Patients at National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences, Nepal

International Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 2015, Issue , 2015, Pages

  Bhandari, Pashupati ^a   Thapa, Ganesh ^b   Pokhrel, Bharat Mani ^a   Bhatta, Dwij Raj ^a   Devkota, Upendra ^b  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b National Institute of Neurological and Allied Sciences   (Nepal)

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EID: 84947465785     PISSN: 1687918X     EISSN: 16879198     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2015/572163     Document Type: Article

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