Changing pattern of antibiotic resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus from German hospitals

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 22, Issue 11, 2001, Pages 683-686

  Witte, Wolfgang ^a   Braulke, Christine ^a   Cuny, Christa ^a   Heuck, Dagmar ^a   Kresken, Michael ^b  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Gesell fur Klin Mikrobiologische   (Germany)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; OXYTETRACYCLINE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; GERMANY; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHENOTYPE;

EID: 0035705586     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/501845     Document Type: Article

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