Increasing vancomycin resistance in enterococcus spp. in Australia: Facing the challenge in the laboratory

Pathology

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 303-304

  Anderson, Mark ^a   Davey, Richard ^a   Bell, Jan ^b  

^a WESTERN HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^b WOMEN S AND CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Isolation; Microbial drug resistance; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; ENTEROCOCCUS; NONHUMAN; SCREENING;

EID: 0030959681     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313029700169145     Document Type: Article

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