Intrahospital spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Sweden

Scandinavian Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 259-263

  Torell, Erik ^a   Fredlund, Hans ^b   Törnquist, Eva ^b   Myhre, Erling B ^c,d   Sjöberg, Lennart ^b   Sundsfjord, Arnfinn ^d  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^b ÖREBRO MEDICAL CENTRE HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Sweden)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TROMSØ   (Norway)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CARRIER; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HOSPITAL PERSONNEL; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SCREENING TEST; SWEDEN;

EID: 0030800969     PISSN: 00365548     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3109/00365549709019039     Document Type: Article

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