Prevalence and Antibiogram of methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus from various clinical samples in Rural Teaching Hospital - Andhra Pradesh

International Journal of Pharma and Bio Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2014, Pages

  Sureka, Rajive Kumar ^a   Nandeshwar, A J ^a  

^a Mediciti Institute of Medical Sciences   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiotic sensitivity testing; Coagulase test; MRSA; Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CEFOTAXIME; CEFOXITIN; CEFUROXIME; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COAGULASE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; MANNITOL; OFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; BODY FLUID; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INCIDENCE; INDIA; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS INFECTION; METHICILLIN SUSCEPTIBLE STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; RURAL AREA; SPUTUM CULTURE; TEACHING HOSPITAL; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 84904871625     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09756299     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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