High levels of fusidic acid-resistant Staphylococcus aureus despite restrictions on antibiotic use

Clinical and Experimental Dermatology

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 136-139

  Mitra, A ^a   Mohanraj, M ^a   Shah, M ^a  

^a Dewsbury and District Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CORTICOSTEROID; FUSIDIC ACID;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; AWARENESS; BACTERIAL SKIN DISEASE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; OUTPATIENT; PRACTICE GUIDELINE; PRESCRIPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADMINISTRATION, TOPICAL; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DERMATITIS, ATOPIC; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; FUSIDIC ACID; HUMANS; MALE; PRACTICE GUIDELINES AS TOPIC; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; STAPHYLOCOCCAL SKIN INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 58549095055     PISSN: 03076938     EISSN: 13652230     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2230.2008.02790.x     Document Type: Article

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