In-vitro selection of resistance to vancomycin and teicoplanin in Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis compared with Staphylococcus epidermidis

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 43-47

  Markopulos, Effi ^a   Graninger, Wolfgang ^a   Georgopoulos, Apostolos ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMANS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0031883795     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/41.1.43     Document Type: Article

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