Molecular epidemiology of glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium on a renal unit

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 119, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 159-166

  Chadwick, P R ^a,c   Fox, A ^a   Woodford, N ^b  

^a WITHINGTON HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

^c HOPE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; NETILMICIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTRAVENOUS CATHETER; KIDNEY FAILURE; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; PERITONITIS; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; UNITED KINGDOM; URINE;

ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENGLAND; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; FEMALE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMODIALYSIS UNITS, HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 0030706220     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268897007863     Document Type: Article

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