Emerging resistance in Enterococcus spp.

Medical Journal of Australia

Volumn 164, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 116-120

  Heath, Christopher H ^a   Blackmore, Timothy K ^a   Gordon, David L ^a  

^a FLINDERS MEDICAL CENTRE   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; AUSTRALIA; BACTERIAL GENE; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENE TRANSFER; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; NONHUMAN; SHORT SURVEY;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; AUSTRALIA; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; STREPTOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0030070763     PISSN: 0025729X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5694/j.1326-5377.1996.tb101370.x     Document Type: Review

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