A systematic review for pursuing the presence of antibiotic associated enterocolitis caused by methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Iwata, Kentaro ^a   Doi, Asako ^b   Fukuchi, Takahiko ^a   Ohji, Goh ^a   Shirota, Yuko ^c   Sakai, Tetsuya ^a   Kagawa, Hiroki ^d  

^a KOBE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^b KOBE CITY MEDICAL CENTER GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c HIMEJI RED CROSS HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^d Shinko Hospital   (Japan)

Author keywords

Clostridium difficile; Enterocolitis; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; MRSA; Pseudomembranous colitis

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC ASSOCIATED ENTEROCOLITIS; ARTICLE; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROCOLITIS; HUMAN; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; JAPAN; KLEBSIELLA OXYTOCA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MICROSCOPY; NONHUMAN; PATHOLOGY; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; ANIMAL; CHEMICALLY INDUCED; MICROBIOLOGY; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS COLITIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; METICILLIN;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; METHICILLIN-RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS;

EID: 84900852478     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-14-247     Document Type: Article

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