Linezolid-resistant Staphylococcus spp. at a tertiary care hospital of Andhra Pradesh

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 314-315

  Kalawat, U ^a   Sharma, K K ^a   Reddy, S ^a  

^a SRI VENKATESWARA INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; LETTER; LINEZOLID RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PROTEIN SYNTHESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS LUGDUNENSIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 80052613028     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.83923     Document Type: Letter

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