Prevalence and pattern of antimicrobial susceptibility of methicillin-resistant and methicillin-sensitive staphylococcus aureus in North Jordan

Jordan Medical Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 15-20

  El Nasser, Ziad ^a   Awad, Faisal ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; MRSA; Prevalence

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CLINDAMYCIN; CORTIMAXIZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HUMAN; JORDAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SENSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERITONEAL FLUID; PREVALENCE; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SYNOVIAL FLUID; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 65349123450     PISSN: 04469283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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