A surveillance study of antimicrobial susceptibility in 11 hospitals in Kurdistan Province

African Journal of Microbiology Research

Volumn 5, Issue 20, 2011, Pages 3157-3161

  Ahsan, B ^a   Beiranvand, S ^a   Abdulmaleki, N ^a   Mohamadi, H ^a   Kalantar, E ^a  

^a KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Ciprofloxacin and imipenem; Escherichia coli

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ESCHERICHIA COLI; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 85036281062     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19960808     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/AJMR11.056     Document Type: Article

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