Prevalence and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Assam

Indian Journal of Critical Care Medicine

Volumn 13, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 156-158

  Saikia, Lahari ^a   Nath, Reema ^a   Choudhury, Basabdatta ^a   Sarkar, Mili ^a  

^a ASSAM MEDICAL COLLEGE   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotics; Macrolids lincosamides type B streptogramins resistance; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFALEXIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; LABORATORY TEST; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE;

EID: 75749158575     PISSN: 09725229     EISSN: 1998359X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0972-5229.58542     Document Type: Article

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