First Documented Isolation of Vancomycin- Resistant Enterococcus faecium in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 191-193

  Melhus, Åsa ^a   Tjernberg, Ingela ^a,b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; SWEDEN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENDOCARDITIS, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEART VALVE PROSTHESIS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; MITRAL VALVE; SWEDEN; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0029980023     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549609049075     Document Type: Article

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