Prevalence of high-level mupirocin resistance among meticillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus isolates in a tertiary care hospital in Singapore

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 82, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 56-57

  Choudhury, S ^a   Krishnan, P U ^a   Ang, B ^a  

^a TAN TOCK SENG HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Hospital; Meticillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Mupirocin; Resistance

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOMONIC ACID;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; GENOTYPE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MUPIROCIN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; SINGAPORE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS;

EID: 84865359300     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: 15322939     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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