Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus at Armed Forces Hospital in Saudi Arabia

Bangladesh Medical Research Council Bulletin

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 28-30

  Ahmad, Shamweel ^a   Alenzi, Faris Q ^a   Al Juaid, Nami Fawazan ^b   Ahmed, Shad ^b  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b Military Armed Forces Hospital   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPICILLIN; CEFALOTIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ASPIRATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PUBLIC HOSPITAL; PUS; SAUDI ARABIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MILITARY MEDICINE; PREVALENCE; SOLDIER; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MILITARY MEDICINE; MILITARY PERSONNEL; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; PREVALENCE; SAUDI ARABIA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 67651204505     PISSN: 03779238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3329/bmrcb.v35i1.1983     Document Type: Letter

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