Antibacterial resistance and their genetic location in MRSA isolated in Kuwait hospitals, 1994-2004

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Udo, Edet E ^a   Al Sweih, Noura ^a   Mokaddas, Eiman ^a   Johny, Molly ^b   Dhar, Rita ^b   Gomaa, Huda H ^b   Al Obaid, Inaam ^b   Rotimi, Vincent O ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

^b MINISTRY OF HEALTH   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CADMIUM ACETATE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; ETHIDIUM BROMIDE; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MERCURIC CHLORIDE; NEOMYCIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PROPAMIDINE ISETHIONATE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE DERIVATIVE; TOBRAMYCIN; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE LOCATION; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KUWAIT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; SOUTHEAST ASIA;

ACETATES; BENZAMIDINES; CADMIUM; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHIDIUM; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICINS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; PLASMIDS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEICOPLANIN; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 33845574149     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-6-168     Document Type: Article

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