Community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus infections in discharging ears

Acta Oto-Laryngologica

Volumn 122, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 827-830

  Hwang, Juen Haur ^a   Tsai, Hung Yen ^a   Liu, Tien Chen ^b  

^a Poh Ai Hospital   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacteriology; Community acquired MRSA; Drug sensitivity; Otorrhea

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; MINOCYCLINE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; EAR INFECTION; EXTERNAL OTITIS; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACUTE DISEASE; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS EXTERNA; OTITIS MEDIA; OTITIS MEDIA WITH EFFUSION; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TYMPANIC MEMBRANE;

EID: 0036968577     PISSN: 00016489     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0036554021000028076     Document Type: Article

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