Community-acquired meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Palestine

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 644-647

  Kaibni, Maha H ^a   Farraj, Mohammad A ^a   Adwan, Kamel ^b   Essawi, Tamer A ^a  

^a BIRZEIT UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

^b AN NAJAH NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; PALESTINE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE EAST; NASAL MUCOSA; RESTRICTION MAPPING; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 67650490768     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.007617-0     Document Type: Article

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