Human infection associated with methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus pseudintermedius ST71

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 65, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 2047-2048

  Stegmann, Ramona ^a   Burnens, André ^b   Maranta, Christian A ^c   Perreten, Vincent ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERN   (Switzerland)

^b Medica   (Switzerland)

^c Orlpraxen Küsnacht   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; MRSP; Zoonosis

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLAVULANIC ACID; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ENROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUOCINONIDE; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; GLUCOCORTICOID; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; NEOMYCIN; NITROFURANTOIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; UNINDEXED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL GENE; CASE REPORT; EPIPHORA; EYE EDEMA; HEADACHE; HUMAN; LETTER; MEDICAL HISTORY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS PSEUDOINTERMEDIUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MUCOCELE; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; RECURRENT DISEASE; RHINOSINUSITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

EID: 77955606261     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkq241     Document Type: Letter

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