Clinical Microbiology and Antimicrobial Chemotherapy. 2002; 4(2):157-163
Objective. To determine in vitro activity of fusidic acid and other antimicrobials available for topical use against S. aureus isolated from hospitalised patients.
Materials and Methods. A total of 879 clinical strains of S. aureus isolated in 2000-2001 from patients hospitalised in 17 medical institutions in different parts of Russia - 4 in Central region, 2 in North-West region, 3 in South region, 2 in Volga region, 3 in Ural region, 3 in Siberian region, were included in the study.