Evaluation of commercial vancomycin agar screen plates for detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 34, Issue 8, 1996, Pages 2042-2044

  Van Horn, Kenneth G ^a,b   Gedris, Cheryl A ^a   Rodney, Karen M ^a   Mitchell, John B ^a  

^a WESTCHESTER MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NEW YORK MEDICAL COLLEGE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 0029981035     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.34.8.2042-2044.1996     Document Type: Article

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