Prevalence and Antibiogram of Uropathogens from Patients Attending Tertiary Care Hospital: An overview
Journal Title: IP International Journal of Medical Microbiology and Tropical Diseases - Year 2017, Vol 3, Issue 1
Abstract
Urinary tract infection (UTI) is one of the most important causes of morbidity in the general population, and is the second most common cause of hospital visits. Urinary tract infections are among the most common bacterial infections and account for a significant part of the workload in clinical microbiology laboratories.
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Kotgire Santosh, Sufia Siddiqui
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- DOI 10.18231/2455-6807.2017.0005
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