First community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Malaysia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1180-1181

  Shamsudin, Mariana Nor ^a   Sekawi, Zamberi ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^b   Neela, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY; HUMAN; LETTER; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NOSE SMEAR; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CARRIER STATE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 51149110314     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47844-0     Document Type: Letter

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