Survey of enterococcal susceptibility patterns in Belgium

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 10, 1996, Pages 2572-2576

  Vandamme, P ^a,b,d   Vercauteren, E ^a   Lammens, C ^a   Pensart, N ^c   Ieven, M ^a   Pot, B ^b   Leclercq, R ^c   Goossens, H ^a  

^a ANTWERP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Belgium)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

^d UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BELGIUM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOTYPE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0029820918     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.10.2572-2576.1996     Document Type: Article

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