Antibacterial resistance and molecular typing of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in a Kuwaiti general hospital

Medical Principles and Practice

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 39-45

  Udo, E E ^a   Al Sweih, N ^a   Mohanakrishnan, S ^a   West, P W J ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Fusidic acid resistance; Methicillin resistant; Mupirocin resistance; Pulsed field gel electrophoresis; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COAGULASE; ENDONUCLEASE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; GENERAL HOSPITAL; HOST SUSCEPTIBILITY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEROTYPE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HUMANS; KUWAIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 29044437054     PISSN: 10117571     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000089384     Document Type: Article

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