Prevalence of Acanthamoeba and superbugs in a clinical setting: Coincidence or hyperparasitism?

Parasitology Research

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1349-1351

  Siddiqui, Ruqaiyyah ^a   Sagheer, Mehwish ^a   Khan, Naveed Ahmed ^a  

^a AGA KHAN UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CEFOXITIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ACANTHAMOEBA; AMOEBA (LIFE CYCLE STAGE); ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACILLUS; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CORYNEBACTERIUM; MICROCOCCUS; MORPHOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACTERIA; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PAKISTAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE;

ACANTHAMOEBA; BACILLUS (BACTERIUM); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CORYNEBACTERIUM; MICROCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS;

EID: 84878420781     PISSN: 09320113     EISSN: 14321955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00436-012-3202-5     Document Type: Article

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