Vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a large university hospital in Denmark

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Volumn 104, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 475-479

  Kjerulf, Anne ^a   Pallesen, Lars ^b   Westh, Henrik ^a  

^a University of Copenhagen   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Avoparcin resistance; Enterococci; VanA; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

AVOPARCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENTERITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0029835591     PISSN: 09034641     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1699-0463.1996.tb00744.x     Document Type: Article

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