Prevalence and antibiotic resistance pattern of methicillin-resistant staphylococcus aureus from an orthopaedic hospital in nigeria

BioMed Research International

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Udobi, C E ^a   Obajuluwa, A F ^b   Onaolapo, J A ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UYO   (Nigeria)

^b AHMADU BELLO UNIVERSITY   (Nigeria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFTRIAXONE; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; PEFLOXACIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MECA PROTEIN, STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

AMBIENT AIR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DISK DIFFUSION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL BED; HOSPITAL PATIENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NIGERIA; NONHUMAN; ORTHOPEDICS; PREVALENCE; SURGICAL WOUND; BACTERIAL GENE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION; SURGICAL INFECTION; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NIGERIA; ORTHOPEDIC PROCEDURES; PREVALENCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; SURGICAL WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 84888602120     PISSN: 23146133     EISSN: 23146141     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2013/860467     Document Type: Article

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