Testing the efficacy of a molecular surveillance network: Methicillin- resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) genotypes in six hospitals in the metropolitan New York City area

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 343-351

  De Lencastre, Hermínia ^a,b   Severina, Elena P ^a,e   Roberts, Richard B ^c   Kreiswirth, Barry N ^d   Tomasz, Alexander ^a   Larone, Davise ^f   Rahal, James ^g   Urban, Carl ^g   Montecalvo, Marisa ^h   Van Horn, Ken ^h   Currie, Brian ⁱ   McKitrick, John ⁱ   Greene, William ^j   Spitzer, Eric ^j   Hargrave, Judie ^g  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d PUBLIC HEALTH RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^e INSTITUTE OF THEORETICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL BIOPHYSICS   (Russian Federation)

^f LENOX HILL HOSPITAL   (United States)

^g NEW YORK PRESBYTERIAN HOSPITAL   (United States)

^h Westchester County Medical Center   (United States)

ⁱ MONTEFIORE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^j STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD SAMPLING; DNA POLYMORPHISM; DRUG EFFICACY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR GENETICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029738483     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.343     Document Type: Article

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