Monitoring of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from medical environment in Korea

Korean Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 158-162

  Kwon, Young Il ^a   Kim, Tae Woon ^b   Kim, Hae Yeong ^b   Yun, Hee Chang ^c   Kwak, Hyo Sun ^d   Woo, Gun Jo ^d   Chung, Yun Hee ^a  

^a Test and Research Center   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c Myong Ji University   (South Korea)

^d Korea Food and Drug Administration   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistant; Medical environment; Methicillin; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; HAND; HOSPITAL CARE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE CAVITY; NURSE; PATIENT CARE; PREVALENCE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34547447280     PISSN: 1598642X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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