Dissemination of antibiotic resistance in methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus and vancomycin-resistant S aureus strains isolated from hospital effluents

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 43, Issue 12, 2015, Pages e87-e88

  Mandal, Santi M ^a   Ghosh, Ananta K ^b   Pati, Bikas R ^a  

^a VIDYASAGAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Antibiogram; Hospital effluents; Methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus; Vancomycin resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; METICILLIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; SEWAGE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; EFFLUENT; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG EFFECTS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SEWAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; GENES, BACTERIAL; GENOME, BACTERIAL; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN; SEWAGE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84962326602     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: 15273296     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ajic.2015.08.015     Document Type: Article

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