Antibiotic sensitivity pattern of staphylococcus aureus from clinical isolates in a tertiary health institution in Kano, Northwestern Nigeria

Pan African Medical Journal

Volumn 8, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Onwubiko, Nwankwo Emmanuel ^a   Sadiq, Nasiru Magaji ^b  

^a BAYERO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

^b AMINU KANO TEACHING HOSPITAL   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFTRIAXONE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; OFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; SEX DIFFERENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 79953137996     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19378688     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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