Journal of
Microbiology and Antimicrobials

  • Abbreviation: J. Microbiol. Antimicrob.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 2141-2308
  • DOI: 10.5897/JMA
  • Start Year: 2009
  • Published Articles: 166

Short Communication

Recent trend of aminoglycoside resistance among Staphylococcus aureus isolates in tertiary care hospital

Gade Neeta D.*
  • Gade Neeta D.*
  • Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Nagpur,India.
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Qazi Mohiuddin S.
  • Qazi Mohiuddin S.
  • Department of Microbiology, Government Medical College, Nagpur, India.
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  •  Received: 05 April 2014
  •  Accepted: 09 July 2014
  •  Published: 31 August 2014

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