Emerging threat of multidrug resistant bugs - Acinetobacter calcoaceticus baumannii complex and Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Mishra, Shyam Kumar ^a   Rijal, Basista Prasad ^a   Pokhrel, Bharat Mani ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Acinetobacter spp.; ESBL; MDR; MRSA

Indexed keywords

ACINETOBACTER; ACINETOBACTER CALCOACETICUS; ACINETOBACTER LWOFFII; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; DRUG EFFECT; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NEPAL;

ACINETOBACTER BAUMANNII; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEPAL;

MLCS; MLOWN;

EID: 84874941035     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1756-0500-6-98     Document Type: Article

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