Two heterogeneously vancomycin-intermediate clinical isolates of methicillin-sensitive and methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Turkish university hospital: Brief report of a surveillance study

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 508-510

  Torun, Müzeyyen Mamal ^a   Bahar, Hrisi ^a   Demirci, Mehmet ^a   Altaş, Kemal ^a   Baǧdatli, Yaşar ^a   Kocazeybek, Bekir ^a   Kapi, Maria ^b   Hiramatsu, Keiichi ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; JAPAN; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONJUNCTIVITIS, BACTERIAL; DATA COLLECTION; DIABETIC FOOT; FEMALE; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RECURRENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TURKEY; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 27744511786     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2005.09.001     Document Type: Letter

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