MRSA – too many hurdles to overcome: A study from Central India

Tropical Doctor

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 108-110

  Mallick, Sanjay Kumar ^a   Basak, Silpi ^a  

^a DATTA MEGHE INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GATIFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; PRISTINAMYCIN; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISK DIFFUSION; INDIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN;

ACETAMIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CEFOXITIN; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; INDIA; INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION 50; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXAZOLIDINONES; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77949787156     PISSN: 00494755     EISSN: 17581133     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1258/td.2010.090440     Document Type: Article

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