Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from hospitalized patients and poultry products in the Netherlands

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 7, 1998, Pages 1927-1932

  Van Braak, Nicole Den ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Van Keulen, Marrit ^a   Vliegenthart, John ^b   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a   Endtz, Hubert P ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b Inspectorate for Health Protection   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; NETHERLANDS; NONHUMAN; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA; STREPTOCOCCUS;

EID: 0031808597     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.7.1927-1932.1998     Document Type: Article

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