Prevalence and antibiotic susceptibility pattern of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) among primary school children and prisoners in Jimma Town, Southwest Ethiopia

Annals of Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobials

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Kejela, Tekalign ^a,b   Bacha, Ketema ^a  

^a JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b METTU UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

CA MRSA; Drug resistance; Ethiopia; HA MRSA; Prevalence; Risk factor; S. aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CHILDHOOD DISEASE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NONHUMAN; PRISONER; QUESTIONNAIRE; RISK FACTOR; SCHOOL CHILD;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CEFOXITIN; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PREVALENCE; PRISONERS; QUESTIONNAIRES; RISK FACTORS; SCHOOLS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STUDENTS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84878399655     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14760711     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1476-0711-12-11     Document Type: Article

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