Influence of oral glycopeptides on the fecal flora of human volunteers: Selection of highly glycopeptide-resistant enterococci

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 173, Issue 5, 1996, Pages 1129-1136

  Van Der Auwera, Philippe ^b   Pensart, Nelly ^d   Korten, Volkan ^c   Murray, Barbara E ^a   Leclercq, Roland ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^b F HOFFMANN LA ROCHE LTD   (Switzerland)

^c MARMARA UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Turkey)

^d NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CANCER PATIENT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES MICROFLORA; FEMALE; GRAM POSITIVE COCCI; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; LACTOBACILLUS; MALE; NORMAL HUMAN; ORAL DRUG ADMINISTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; TRANSPOSON;

EID: 0030015002     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/173.5.1129     Document Type: Article

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