Open AccessAntimicrobial susceptibility patterns of clinical isolates of Pseudomonas aeruginosa isolated from patients of respiratory tract infections in a Tertiary Care Hospital, Peshawar
Author(s) -
Abdul Samad,
Tanveer Ahmed,
Afaq Rahim,
Abdul Khalil,
Iftikhar Ali
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
pakistan journal of medical sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.316
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1682-024X
pISSN - 1681-715X
DOI - 10.12669/pjms.333.12416
Subject(s) - medicine , amikacin , cefoperazone , sputum , sulbactam , tazobactam , piperacillin , microbiology and biotechnology , pseudomonas aeruginosa , meropenem , multiple drug resistance , antibiotics , antibiotic sensitivity , drug resistance , antibiotic resistance , imipenem , biology , tuberculosis , bacteria , pathology , genetics
This study aims to determine the prevalence and susceptibility pattern of Pseudomonas aeruginosa and multidrug-resistant (MDR) isolates in patients suffering from respiratory tract infection.