Prevalence and susceptibility profiles of methicillinresistant staphylococcus aureus (mrsa) in the University of Ghana Hospital, Legon, Accra, Ghana

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Pesewu, George A ^a   Dogbe, Roger ^a   Asmah, Richard H ^a   Olu Taiwo, Michael A ^a   Adjei, David N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GHANA   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus; Methicillin sensitive staphylococcus aureus; Polymerase chain reaction; Staphylococci

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLOXACILLIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LINCOMYCIN; OFLOXACIN; PRULIFLOXACIN; ROXITHROMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; GENE IDENTIFICATION; GHANA; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; NOSE SMEAR; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; RISK ASSESSMENT; WOUND;

EID: 84904870151     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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