Isolation and antimicrobial susceptibility pattern of Staphylococcus aureus in patients with surgical site infection at Debre Markos Referral Hospital, Amhara Region, Ethiopia

Archives of Public Health

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Kahsay, Amlsha ^a,b   Mihret, Adane ^b,c   Abebe, Tamrat ^b,d   Andualem, Tebkew ^e  

^a ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b DEBRE MARKOS UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^c ARMAUER HANSEN RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Ethiopia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^e Debre Markos Referral Hospital   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic susceptibility; MRSA; Prevalence; S. aureus; Surgical site infection

Indexed keywords

EID: 84988851143     PISSN: 07787367     EISSN: 20493258     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/2049-3258-72-16     Document Type: Article

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