Bacteriologic Profile and Antibiogram of Blood Culture Isolates in a Pediatric Care Unit

Background / Aims: Septicemia is one of the important causes of mortality and morbidity in neonates and children. Blood culture is the gold standard for the diagnosis. Emergence of multidrug resistant bacterial strains is a major problem in the management of sepsis. Present study was undertaken to i...

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Main Authors: Kavitha Prabhu, Sevitha Bhat, Sunil Rao
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Thieme Medical and Scientific Publishers Pvt. Ltd. 2010-07-01
Series:Journal of Laboratory Physicians
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Online Access:http://www.thieme-connect.de/DOI/DOI?10.4103/0974-2727.72156