Nasal carriage of multi-drug resistant Staphylococcus aureus in healthy inhabitants of Amassoma in Niger delta region of Nigeria

African Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 176-181

  Onanuga, A ^a   Temedie, T C ^a  

^a NIGER DELTA UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial; Healthy; Multi drug; Nasal; Resistance; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN; OFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; NORMAL HUMAN; NOSE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; UNIVERSITY STUDENT; VOLUNTEER;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; NOSE; PREVALENCE; SEX DISTRIBUTION; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 79960989888     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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