Prevalence of meticillin resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates in Pakistan and its clinical outcome

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 67, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 101-102

  Bukhari, S Z ^a   Ahmed, S ^a  

^a QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGING; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHRONIC LIVER DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALIGNANT NEOPLASTIC DISEASE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

AGED; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; PREVALENCE; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 34548491609     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2007.06.012     Document Type: Letter

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