Increasing threat of community-acquired methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

American Journal of the Medical Sciences

Volumn 340, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 378-381

  Bukharie, Huda A ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Clindamycin; Methicillin; Saudi Arabia; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ABSCESS; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY ACQUIRED PNEUMONIA; CONJUNCTIVITIS; FEMALE; FOLLICULITIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; IMPETIGO; LYMPHADENITIS; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; OSTEOMYELITIS; PRESCHOOL CHILD; SCHOOL CHILD; SUPPURATIVE OTITIS MEDIA; TONSILLITIS;

EID: 78349310627     PISSN: 00029629     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/MAJ.0b013e3181e95fdc     Document Type: Article

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