Antibiotic resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Abia State of Nigeria

African Journal of Biotechnology

Volumn 2, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 423-431

  Chigbu, Chinwe O ^a   Ezeronye, O U ^a  

^a MICHAEL OKPARA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Inhibition zone diameter; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN PLUS CLOXACILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOMYCIN; NALIDIXIC ACID; PEFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EAR; HUMAN; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NOSE; NOSE SMEAR; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ABIA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 3042687144     PISSN: 16845315     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5897/ajb2003.000-1077     Document Type: Article

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