Selection of glycopeptide-resistant mutants of VanB-type Enterococcus faecalis BM4281 in vitro and in experimental endocarditis

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 175, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 598-605

  Aslangul, Elisabeth ^b   Baptista, Marina ^b   Fantin, Bruno ^a   Depardieu, Florence ^b   Arthur, Michel ^b   Courvalin, Patrice ^b   Carbon, Claude ^b  

^a BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

^b NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANIMAL MODEL; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL ENDOCARDITIS; BACTERIAL MUTATION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RABBIT;

EID: 0031017889     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/infdis/175.3.598     Document Type: Article

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