High isolation rate of Staphylococcus aureus from surgical site infections in an Indian hospital [9]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 61, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 758-760

  Kownhar, Hayath ^a   Shankar, Esaki Muthu ^a,b   Vignesh, Ramachandran ^b   Sekar, Ramalingam ^a,b   Velu, Vijayakumar ^a   Rao, Usha Anand ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; S. aureus; Surgical infections

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CITROBACTER FREUNDII; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONCENTRATION RESPONSE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDWARDSIELLA TARDA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; KLEBSIELLA PNEUMONIAE; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORBIDITY; MORTALITY; PROTEUS; PSEUDOMONAS AERUGINOSA; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WOUND;

HOSPITALS, FEDERAL; HUMANS; INDIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 40049106187     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm519     Document Type: Letter

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