In vitro activities of 28 antimicrobial agents against methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) from a clinical setting in Malaysia

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 893-899

  Neela, V ^a   Sasikumar, M ^a   Ghaznavi, G R ^a   Zamberi, S ^a   Mariana, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ARTICLE; COMMUNICABLE DISEASE; CROSS INFECTION; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; CROSS INFECTION; DISK DIFFUSION ANTIMICROBIAL TESTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 60249097335     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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