Resistance to methicillin and other antibiotics in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from blood and cerebrospinal fluid, England and Wales, 1989-95

Lancet

Volumn 350, Issue 9074, 1997, Pages 323-325

  Speller, D C E ^a   Johnson, A P ^a   James, D ^a   Marples, R R ^a   Charlett, A ^a   George, R C ^a  

^a CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BLOOD; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; HEALTH CARE POLICY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROGNOSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNITED KINGDOM;

EID: 0030810923     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(97)12148-1     Document Type: Article

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