Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns of clinical isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in Nepal

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 11, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 235-237

  Subedi, S ^a   Brahmadathan, K N ^a,b  

^a MANIPAL TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nepal)

^b CHRISTIAN MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; MRSA; MSSA; Nepal; Resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 14844342808     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2004.01056.x     Document Type: Article

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