Antibiograms and plasmids of Staphylococcus aureus and coagulase negative staphylococci isolated from different clinical sources

Central African Journal of Medicine

Volumn 42, Issue 9, 1996, Pages 258-261

  Obi, C L ^a,e   Iyiegbuniwe, A E ^c   Olukoya, D K ^b   Babalola, C ^c   Igumbor, E O ^d   Okonta, A A ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LAGOS   (Nigeria)

^b NIGERIAN INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL RESEARCH   (Nigeria)

^c LAGOS UNIVERSITY TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

^d DELTA STATE UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^e UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; NOVOBIOCIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; HUMAN; PLASMID; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

COAGULASE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; MASS SCREENING; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; R FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; URBAN HEALTH;

EID: 0030475403     PISSN: 00089176     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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