Mupirocin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus from Greek hospitals

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 18, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 407-408

  Maniatis, N ^a,b   Agel, A ^a   Legakis, N J ^a   Tzouvelekis, L S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; ISOLEUCINE TRANSFER RNA LIGASE; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GREECE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUPIROCIN; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034751465     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(01)00429-0     Document Type: Letter

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