Bloodstream infections with vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Archives of Internal Medicine

Volumn 156, Issue 13, 1996, Pages 1458-1462

  Montecalvo, Marisa A ^a,g   Shay, David K ^b,c   Patel, Pankaj ^a,d   Tacsa, Leoncio ^a,e   Maloney, Susan A ^b,f   Jarvis, William R ^b   Wormser, Gary P ^a  

^a NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

^b NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^d KAISER PERMANENTE   (United States)

^e Jersey City (NJ) Medical Center   (United States)

^f CHILDREN'S NATIONAL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^g WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ACQUIRED IMMUNE DEFICIENCY SYNDROME; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; CHILD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; IMMUNE DEFICIENCY; INFECTION RISK; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; IMMUNOCOMPROMISED HOST; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0029884216     PISSN: 00039926     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1001/archinte.156.13.1458     Document Type: Article

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