Species distribution and antibiotic resistance in coagulase-negative staphylococci colonizing the gastrointestinal tract of children in Ile-Ife, Nigeria

Tropical Journal of Pharmaceutical Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 35-43

  Akinkunmi, Ezekiel Olugbenga ^a   Lamikanra, Adebayo ^a  

^a OBAFEMI AWOLOWO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antibiotics resistance; Children; Coagulase negative staphylococci; Gastrointestinal tract; Nigeria; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; NORFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; COAGULASE POSITIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS SAPROPHYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS XYLOSUS;

EID: 77149156347     PISSN: 15965996     EISSN: 15969827     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4314/tjpr.v9i1.52033     Document Type: Article

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