Resistance to methicillin in isolates of Staphylococcus aureus from blood and cerebrospinal fluid in Wales, 1993-1997

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 541-544

  Morgan, Mari ^a,d   Salmon, Roland ^b   Evans Williams, Dafydd ^a   Hosein, Ian ^a   Looker, D Nicholas ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

^b PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^c GLAN CLWYD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CDSC Wales   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; METICILLIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BLOOD CULTURE; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID CULTURE; CHILD; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEWBORN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE FACTORS; AGED; BACTEREMIA; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0032882680     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/44.4.541     Document Type: Article

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