Letter to the EditorInternational Surgery Journal
Publication: Increasing antimicrobial resistance is not inevitable: in reply to microbiological and antibiotic profile of osteomyelitis tertiary care hospital
Int Surg J. 2021;8(6):1967-1968.DOI10.18203/2349-2902.isj20212304
Abstract
It was with interest and alarm that we read the report by Vijakumar et al regarding antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of pathogens isolated from patients with chronic osteomyelitis.1 The authors reviewed 132 isolates from 100 patients managed in Davangere, Karnataka, South West India between January 2017-December 2019.
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- Bone Infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospital, Windmill Road, Oxford, UK Nuffield Division of Clinical Laboratory Sciences, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, John Radcliffe Hospital, Headley Way, Oxford, UK
- Bone Infection Unit, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospital, Windmill Road, Oxford, UK