Antibiotic susceptibility patterns of respiratory isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in a Turkish University Hospital

Acta Microbiologica Polonica

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 143-148

  Gonlugur, Ugur ^a   Akkurt, Ibrahim ^a   Ozdemir, Levent ^a   Bakici, Mustafa Zahir ^a   Icagasioglu, Serhat ^a   Gultekin, Fusun ^a  

^a CUMHURIYET UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance patterns; Methicillin resistance; Staphylococcus aureus; Turkey

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OFLOXACIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; SPUTUM CULTURE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; THROAT CULTURE; TRACHEOBRONCHIAL TOILET; TURKEY (BIRD); UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; DRUG EFFECT; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HUMAN; IMMUNODIFFUSION; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHYSIOLOGY; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; HUMANS; IMMUNODIFFUSION; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RESPIRATORY TRACT DISEASES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0642304363     PISSN: 01371320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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