Antibiotic susceptibility pattern of nosocomial isolates of Staphylococcus aureus in a tertiary care hospital, Nepal

Journal of the Nepal Medical Association

Volumn 48, Issue 175, 2009, Pages 234-238

  Shrestha, Bidya ^a   Pokhrel, B M ^b   Mohapatra, T M ^a  

^a BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Methicillin sensitive Staphylococcus aureus; Resistance pattern; lactamase

Indexed keywords

BETA LACTAMASE; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL LABORATORY; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; PATIENT CARE; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CHI SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHI-SQUARE DISTRIBUTION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEPAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 77957262410     PISSN: 00282715     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.31729/jnma.190     Document Type: Article

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