Methicillin-resistant staphylococci and ofloxacin-resistant bacteria from clinically healthy conjunctivas

Ophthalmic Research

Volumn 33, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 136-139

  Watanabe, Kazuhiko ^a,b,c   Numata Watanabe, Konomi ^b   Hayasaka, Seiji ^a  

^a TOYAMA MEDICAL AND PHARMACEUTICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b ASAHI GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TOYAMA   (Japan)

Author keywords

Conjunctival flora; Methicillin; Ofloxacin; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFMENOXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL DERIVATIVE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; MINOCYCLINE; OFLOXACIN; SULBENICILLIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL FLORA; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONJUNCTIVA; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREOPERATIVE PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; BACTERIA; CONJUNCTIVA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OFLOXACIN; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 0035014016     PISSN: 00303747     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000055659     Document Type: Article

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