Antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of nasal Staphylococcus aureus among Dessie Referral Hospital health care workers, Dessie, Northeast Ethiopia

International Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 25, Issue , 2014, Pages 22-25

  Shibabaw, Agumas ^a   Abebe, Tamrat ^b   Mihret, Adane ^b,c  

^a WOLLO UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; Health care workers; Nasal carriage; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE PERSONNEL; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; NOSE SMEAR; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; HEALTH SURVEY; HETEROZYGOTE; HOSPITAL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NOSE MUCOSA; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CARRIER STATE; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ETHIOPIA; FEMALE; HEALTH PERSONNEL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; NASAL MUCOSA; PUBLIC HEALTH SURVEILLANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84901855852     PISSN: 12019712     EISSN: 18783511     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijid.2014.03.1386     Document Type: Article

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