Prevalence of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and its antibiotic susceptibility pattern in a tertiary care hospital

Journal of the Indian Medical Association

Volumn 109, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 800-801

  Tiwari, Shreekant ^a   Sahu, Manisa ^a   Rautaraya, Bibhudutta ^a   Karuna, T ^a   Mishra, S R ^a   Bhattacharya, S ^a  

^a Hi Tech Medical College   (India)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA); Susceptibility

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD; CATHETER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PUS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; TEACHING HOSPITAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINE;

EID: 84055172805     PISSN: 00195847     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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