Vancomycin-Resistant enterococcus faecium in hospitalized children

Infection Control & Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 13, Issue 12, 1992, Pages 700-705

  Eliopoulos, George ^c   Isenberg, Henry D ^a  

^a LONG ISLAND JEWISH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b ALBERT EINSTEIN COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CANCER CENTER; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOSPITAL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PRESCHOOL CHILD;

BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG UTILIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, PEDIATRIC; HUMAN; INFANT; ONCOLOGY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0027023253     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: 15596834     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/648342     Document Type: Article

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