Comparison of rectal and perirectal swabs for detection of colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 210-212

  Weinstein, Jeffrey W ^a,b   Tallapragada, Sudha ^a   Farrel, Patricia ^a   Dembry, Louise Marie ^a,b  

^a YALE NEW HAVEN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GASTROENTERITIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM;

ANTIBIOTICS, GLYCOPEPTIDE; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE RESERVOIRS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; RECTUM; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0029655601     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.1.210-212.1996     Document Type: Article

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