Molecular tracking of coagulase-negative staphylococcal isolates from catheter-related infections

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 423-429

  Dominguez, M A ^a   Linares J ^a   Pulido, A ^a   Perez, J L ^a   De Lencastre, H ^b,c  

^a HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^b ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CATHETER INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SKIN INFECTION;

EID: 0030460566     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1996.2.423     Document Type: Article

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