Enterococci acquire new kinds of resistance

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 1 SUPPL., 1997, Pages

  Leclercq, Roland ^a  

^a HENRI MONDOR HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS;

EID: 0031012103     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/clinids/24.supplement_1.s80     Document Type: Article

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