Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in a tertiary surgical and Trauma Hospital in Benghazi, Libya

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 5, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 723-726

  Buzaid, Najat ^a   Elzouki, Abdel Naser ^b   Taher, Ibrahim ^a   Ghenghesh, Khalifa Sifaw ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BENGHAZI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b HAMAD MEDICAL CORPORATION   (Qatar)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Libya; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus; Tertiary care hospital

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BURN; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; FEMALE; HUMAN; LIBYAN ARAB JAMAHIRIYA; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL INFECTION; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 80054812127     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.1701     Document Type: Article

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