Antibiotic susceptibility of staphylococcus aureus in suppurative lesions in lacor hospital, Uganda

African Health Sciences

Volumn 11, Issue SPEC. ISSUE, 2011, Pages

  Kitara, L D ^a   Anywar, A D ^a   Acullu, D ^a   Odongo Aginya, E ^b   Aloyo, J ^a   Fendu, M ^c  

^a GULU UNIVERSITY   (Uganda)

^b Lacor Hospital   (Uganda)

^c African Centre for Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture Victims   (Uganda)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Gulu; Lacor hospital; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; METICILLIN;

ADULT; AGE DISTRIBUTION; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ARTHRITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BREAST ABSCESS; BURN; CELLULITIS; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG CHOICE; DRUG MONITORING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION RISK; NONHUMAN; OSTEOMYELITIS; OTITIS MEDIA; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SURGICAL INFECTION; SURGICAL WARD; UGANDA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MIDDLE AGED; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SUPPURATION; UGANDA; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 80053625172     PISSN: 16806905     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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