Experience with methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus at the Nairobi Hospital

East African Medical Journal

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 203-204

  Hayanga, A ^a   Okello, A ^b   Hussein, R ^a   Nyong'o, A ^a  

^a Nairobi Hospital   (Kenya)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLASGOW   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DISINFECTANT AGENT; GENTAMICIN; HYPOCHLORITE SODIUM; METICILLIN; NEOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; DISINFECTION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN;

CROSS INFECTION; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KENYA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0030873945     PISSN: 0012835X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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