Constitutive and inducible clindamycin resistance in Staphylococcus aureus and their association with meticillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA): experience from a tertiary care hospital in Nepal

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 187-189

  Mohapatra, T M ^a   Shrestha, Bidya ^b   Pokhrel, Bharat Mani ^b  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Clindamycin resistance; Erythromycin induced resistance; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINCOSAMIDE; MACROLIDE; MIKAMYCIN B; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; DISEASE PREDISPOSITION; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEPAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CLINDAMYCIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEPAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 58149316234     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2008.08.009     Document Type: Letter

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