Threat of multidrug resistant Staphylococcus aureus in Western Nepal

Asian Pacific Journal of Tropical Disease

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2015, Pages 617-621

  Bhatta, Dharm R ^a   Cavaco, Lina M ^b   Nath, Gopal ^c   Gaur, Abhishek ^d   Gokhale, Shishir ^d   Bhatta, Dwij Raj ^a  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

^c BANARAS HINDU UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d MANIPAL COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Nepal)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; MecA; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; PCR

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; CEFAZOLIN; CEFOXITIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISK DIFFUSION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MECA GENE; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NEPAL; NONHUMAN; OPERATING ROOM; OUTPATIENT; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 84937833256     PISSN: 22221808     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S2222-1808(15)60900-8     Document Type: Article

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