Staphylococcus aureus nasal carriers among medical students in A medical school

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 636-638

  Syafinaz, Amin Nordin ^a   Nur Ain, Nabila Za'im ^a   Nadzirah, Sahari Nurul ^a   Fatimah, Jamaluddin Siti ^a   Shahram, Ahmadi ^a   Nasir, Mohd Desa Mohd ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility patterns and medical students; Nasal carriage; Nasal carriers; S.aureus

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; PSEUDOMONIC ACID; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL STUDENT; MICROBIAL COLONIZATION; NOSE SMEAR; PREVALENCE; QUESTIONNAIRE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; HETEROZYGOTE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MEDICAL SCHOOL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; HUMANS; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; SCHOOLS, MEDICAL; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STUDENTS, MEDICAL;

EID: 84883079456     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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