Antimicrobial resistance patterns of staphylococcus aureus and Proteus spp. Isolated from otitis media at Bahir Dar regional laboratory, North West Ethiopia

Ethiopian Medical Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 271-276

  Abera, Bayehe ^a   Biadeglegne, Fantahun ^b  

^a BAHIR DAR UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Otitis media; S. aureus and Proteus spp

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; OTITIS MEDIA; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROTEUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SEX RATIO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OTITIS MEDIA; PROTEUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SEX DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 77949320610     PISSN: 00141755     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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