Epidemiology and susceptibility of 3,051 Staphylococcus aureus isolates from 25 university hospitals participating in the European SENTRY study

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 3727-3732

  Fluit, A C ^a   Wielders, C L C ^a   Verhoef, J ^a   Schmitz, F J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TROVAFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EUROPE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; EUROPE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

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

EID: 0034787718     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.10.3727-3732.2001     Document Type: Article

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