Detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in fecal samples by PCR

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2325-2330

  Satake, Sachiko ^a,e   Clark, Nancye ^a   Rimland, David ^b   Nolte, Frederick S ^c   Tenover, Fred C ^a,d  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR EMERGING AND ZOONOTIC INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^c EMORY UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (United States)

^d CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION   (United States)

^e GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES CULTURE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030872237     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2325-2330.1997     Document Type: Article

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