Colonisation of methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus among health care workers in a tertiary care hospital of Delhi

Indian Journal of Medical Sciences

Volumn 56, Issue 7, 2002, Pages 321-324

  Goyal, Renu ^a   Das, Shukla ^a   Mathur, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ERADICATION THERAPY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; DISEASE CARRIER; HAND; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; INDIA; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOSE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICS;

DISEASE RESERVOIRS; HAND; HUMANS; INDIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NOSE; PERSONNEL, HOSPITAL; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0036666525     PISSN: 00195359     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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