Oxacillin-resistant and multidrug-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Lima, Peru

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 198-200

  Seas, Carlos ^a,b   Hernandez, K ^a   Ramos, R ^a   Bazan, E ^a   Rodriguez, I ^b   Torres, A ^b   Zamudio, C ^a   Gotuzzo, E ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE MEDICINA TROPICAL ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT   (Peru)

^b HOSPITAL NACIONAL CAYETANO HEREDIA   (Peru)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; DRUG SENSITIVITY; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PERU; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL TECHNIQUE;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; MEDICAL AUDIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MIDDLE AGED; OXACILLIN; PERU; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 33644891031     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/500650     Document Type: Review

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