Vancomycin-resistant enterococci

The Lancet

Volumn 342, Issue 8871, 1993, Pages 615-617

  Uttley, A H C ^a,b,d,e,f,g   Woodford, N ^a,b,d,e,f,g   Johnson, A P ^a,b,d,e,f,g   Cookson, B ^a,b,d,e,f,g   George, R C ^a,b,d,e,f,g   Wilcox, MarkH ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Spencer, RobertC ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Weeks, GeoffreyR ^{a,b,c,d,e,f,g}   Frieden, ThomasR ^a,b,d,e,f,g   Munsiff, SonalS ^a,b,d,e,f,g   Low, DonaldE ^a,b,d,e,f,g   Kreiswirth, Barry ^a,b,d,e,f,g   Manso, Esther ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,h}   De Sio, Giuseppina ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,h}   Biavasco, Francesca ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,i}   Varaldo, PietroE ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,i}   Sambo, Gisella ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,j}   Maffei, Claudio ^{a,b,d,e,f,g,k}  

^a Dulwich Community Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c ROYAL HALLAMSHIRE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e Division of Disease Intervention New York City Department of Health ^*  (United Kingdom)

^f Departments of Microbiology Mount Sinai and Princess Margaret Hospitals ^*  (United Kingdom)

^g PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^h Torrette Hospital   (Italy)

ⁱ UNIVERSITÀ POLITECNICA DELLE MARCHE   (Italy)

^j Intensive Care Unit Department of Anaesthesia Torrete Regional Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

^k Hospital Infection Control Service Torrette Regional Hospital ^*  (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; METICILLIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INTRAVENOUS DRUG ADMINISTRATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NOTE; DNA PROBE; GENETICS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; CENTRAL VENOUS CATHETERIZATION; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HETEROZYGOTE; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; UNITED KINGDOM; UNITED STATES;

DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; INFUSIONS, INTRAVENOUS; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN; DNA PROBES; CARRIER STATE; CATHETERIZATION, CENTRAL VENOUS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS;

EID: 0027182610     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0140-6736(93)91440-W     Document Type: Letter

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