Antibiotic resistance patterns of mecA-positive Staphylococcus aureus isolates from clinical specimens and nasal carriage

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 321-324

  Al Zu'bi, Enas ^a   Bdour, Salwa ^a   Shehabi, Asem A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF JORDAN   (Jordan)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; JORDAN; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); JORDANIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 11844256357     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2004.10.321     Document Type: Article

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