Chloramphenicol susceptible methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Eastern region of Saudi Arabia

Saudi Medical Journal

Volumn 26, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1149-1151

  Panhotra, Bodh R ^a   Saxena, Anil K ^a   Al Mulhim, Abdulrahman S ^a  

^a KING FAHAD HOSPITAL   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFALOTIN; CEFOTAXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG EFFICACY; EYE INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NOTE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAUDI ARABIA; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

CROSS INFECTION; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 24044480937     PISSN: 03795284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Note

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