Comment on: A survey of community-associated methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Korea

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 211-212

  Park, Chulmin ^a   Lee, Dong Gun ^a   Choi, Su Mi ^a   Choi, Jung Hyun ^a   Park, Sun Hee ^a   Yoo, Jin Hong ^a   Shin, Wan Shik ^a  

^a The Catholic University of Korea   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Epidemiology; MRSA; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; RIFAMPICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; CHRONIC OTITIS MEDIA; COMMUNITY; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; KOREA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; NOTE; PREVALENCE; PUS; WOUND;

COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KOREA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 45749151102     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkn135     Document Type: Note

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