Prevalence of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus species isolated from burn patients in a burn center, Ahvaz, Iran

Jundishapur Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 84-91

  Ekrami, Alireza ^a   Samarbafzadeh, Alireza ^a   Alavi, Mohammad ^a   Kalantar, Enayat ^b   Hamzeloi, Farhad ^a  

^a AHVAZ JUNDISHAPUR UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b KURDISTAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Cefoxitin; Coagulase negative staphylococci; MecA; Methicillin resistance; Oxacillin; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CARBENICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN BINDING PROTEIN 2A; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD CULTURE; BURN; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; EPSILOMETER TEST; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; WOUND;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77954949050     PISSN: 20083645     EISSN: 20084161     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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