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Antibiotic Treatment Failure in Chronic Nosocomial Wound Infections
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Maharashtra Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Medical College and Hospital, Department of Microbiology, Latur, India
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Maharashtra Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Medical College and Hospital, Department of Pharmacology, Latur, India
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Medical Microbiology Research Lab. Nagpur University, Nagpur, India
Online publication date: 2009-01-15
Publication date: 2009-01-15
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Basavraj Nagoba
Maharashtra Institute of Medical Sciences and Research, Medical College and Hospital, Latur 413 531 (M. S.) India
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Eur J Gen Med 2009;6(1):60
ABSTRACT
In recent decades, Pseudomonas aeruginosa, Staphylococcus aureus, Escherichia coli, Klebsiella spp, Proteus spp, etc. have emerged as the most notorious nosocomial pathogens. Their ability to develop resistance to antimicrobial agents make them main culprit as aetiological agents in numerous infections especially in nosocomial infections. Their capabilities to colonize rapidly in a compromised host make them very difficult to deal with. In such an eventuality antibiotics stand ineffective.
As has been observed in recent times