Molecular epidemiology and antibiotic susceptibility of enterococci in Cincinnati, Ohio: A prospective citywide survey

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 1997, Pages 2342-2347

  Perlada, David E ^a   Smulian, A George ^a,b   Cushion, Melanie T ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DOXYCYCLINE; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; SULTAMICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; DNA PROBE; DRUG MIXTURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HEALTH SURVEY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; UNITED STATES;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0030872238     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.35.9.2342-2347.1997     Document Type: Article

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