Fusidic acid resistance in community isolates of methicillin-susceptible Staphylococcus aureus and fusidic acid prescribing

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1033-1036

  Mason, Brendan W ^a   Howard, Anthony J ^b   Magee, John T ^a  

^a PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF WALES   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fusidic acid prescribing; Fusidic acid resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

FUSIDIC ACID; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCRIPTION; SEPSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; FUSIDIC ACID; GREAT BRITAIN; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; PRESCRIPTIONS, DRUG; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0242432498     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg190     Document Type: Article

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