An outbreak of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) infection in dermatology indoor patients

Indian Journal of Dermatology, Venereology and Leprology

Volumn 69, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 377-380

  Sachdev, Deepa ^a   Amladi, Sangeeta ^a   Nataraj, Gita ^a   Baveja, Sujata ^a   Kharkar, Vidya ^a   Mahajan, Sunanda ^a   Khopkar, Uday ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic sensitivity test; Control of MRSA; MRSA; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; ANTIHISTAMINIC AGENT; CHLORHEXIDINE; CHLOROQUINE; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; LINEZOLID; METHOTREXATE; NONSTEROID ANTIINFLAMMATORY AGENT; PREDNISOLONE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGING; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION RISK; LEPROSY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PEMPHIGUS VULGARIS; REITER SYNDROME; RISK ASSESSMENT; SCREENING; SKIN INFECTION; STEVENS JOHNSON SYNDROME; SYSTEMIC DISEASE; SYSTEMIC THERAPY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WARD;

EID: 18144406048     PISSN: 03786323     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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