Clonal diversity of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from an outbreak in a tertiary care university hospital

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 26, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 563-568

  Pearce, Cheryl L ^a   Evans, Mishell K ^a   Peters, Stephen M ^a   Cole, Michael F ^a  

^a GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIODIVERSITY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; RIBOTYPING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 0031648578     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/ic.1998.v26.a91614     Document Type: Article

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