Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus: Prevalence and antibiogram in a tertiary care hospital in western Nepal

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 3, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 681-684

  Tiwari, Hare Krishna ^a   Das, Ayan Kumar ^a   Sapkota, Darshan ^a   Sivarajan, Kunjukunju ^a   Pahwa, Vijay Kumar ^a  

^a Universal College of Medical Sciences   (Nepal)

Author keywords

MRSA; Nepal; Prevalence; Western region

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFAZOLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; KANAMYCIN; METICILLIN; NORFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 74549132669     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.86     Document Type: Article

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