Assessment of Testing for and Completeness of Reporting of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci - Connecticut, 1994

Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

Volumn 45, Issue 14, 1996, Pages 289-291

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ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; UNITED STATES;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CONNECTICUT; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0030580820     PISSN: 01492195     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
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