Misidentification of methicillinresistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) in hospitals in Tripoli, Libya

Libyan Journal of Medicine

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages

  Ahmed, Mohamed O ^a,b   Abuzweda, Abdulbaset R ^b   Alghazali, Mohamed H ^b   Elramalli, Asma K ^c   Amri, Samira G ^d   Aghila, Ezzeddin Sh ^d   Abouzeed, Yousef M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TRIPOLI   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^b Biotechnology Research Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^c Tripoli Medical Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

^d Burns and Plastic Surgery Centre   (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya)

Author keywords

Clindamycin resistance; E test; MRSA misidentification; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

EID: 84856760034     PISSN: 19932820     EISSN: 18196357     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3402/ljm.v5i0.5230     Document Type: Article

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