Mupirocin resistance among staphylococci: Trends in the southern region of Ireland

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 649-650

  O'Shea, Susan ^a   Cotter, Lesley ^a   Creagh, Sinead ^b   Lydon, Sara ^a   Lucey, Brigid ^b  

^a Department of Chemistry   (Ireland)

^b Department of Medicine National University of Ireland Cork   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Coagulase negative; ileS gene; MRSA

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISK DIFFUSION; IRELAND; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS; TREND STUDY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; IRELAND; MUPIROCIN; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 69049088870     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkp227     Document Type: Article

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