Clonal dissemination of vancomycin-resistant Enterococci and comparison of susceptibility testing methods

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 235-241

  Horvat, Rebecca T ^a   Potter, Lonna M ^b   Bartholomew, William R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KANSAS SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AGAROSE; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0031893123     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(97)00244-7     Document Type: Article

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