Prevalence of Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a tertiary-care hospital in eastern Nepal

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 47, Issue 170, 2008, Pages 53-56

  Kumari, N ^a,b   Mohapatra, T M ^a   Singh, Y I ^a  

^a B P KOIRALA INSTITUTE OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Nepal)

^b C/O Mr Kailash Mishra Janakpur Cigarrette Factory ^*  (Nepal)

Author keywords

Eastern Nepal; Resistant; Tertiary care hospital

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISK DIFFUSION; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE;

EID: 48649090580     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.309     Document Type: Article

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