Reevaluation of contemporary laboratory methods for detection of antimicrobial resistance among enterococci

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 190-194

  Cormican, Martin G ^a   Biedenbach, Douglas ^a   Jones, Ronald N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IOWA   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecium; Resistant enterococci; Susceptibility testing; Vancomycin; Vitek

Indexed keywords

EID: 0009539279     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1996.tb00552.x     Document Type: Article

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