Frequency and antibiotic susceptibility of gram-positive bacteria in Makkah hospitals

Annals of Saudi Medicine

Volumn 31, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 462-468

  Asghar, Atif H ^a  

^a UMM AL QURA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ALPHA HEMOLYTIC STREPTOCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; EAR INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EYE INFECTION; GASTROENTERITIS; GENITAL TRACT INFECTION; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; MULTICENTER STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RESPIRATORY TRACT INFECTION; SAUDI ARABIA; SEPTICEMIA; SEX RATIO; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS AGALACTIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; STREPTOCOCCUS PYOGENES; STREPTOCOCCUS VIRIDANS INFECTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; WOUND INFECTION;

ADOLESCENT; AGE FACTORS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SAUDI ARABIA; SEX FACTORS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80052889267     PISSN: 02564947     EISSN: 09754466     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0256-4947.84622     Document Type: Article

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