An investigation of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium within the pediatric service of a large urban medical center

Pediatric Infectious Disease Journal

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 184-188

  Mcneeley, David F ^a,c   Brown, Arthur E ^b   Noel, Gary J ^a   Chung, Marilyn ^a   De Lencastre, Herminia ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MEMORIAL SLOAN KETTERING CANCER CENTER   (United States)

^c WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecium; Nosocomial infections; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CLONE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SOUTHERN BLOTTING; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0031894641     PISSN: 08913668     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00006454-199803000-00003     Document Type: Article

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