Resistance of enterococci to ampicillin and glycopeptide antibiotics in Italy

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue SUPPL.1, 1998, Pages

  Fontana, Roberta ^a,b   Ligozzi, Marco ^a   Mazzariol, Annarita ^a   Veneri, Gianluca ^a   Cornaglia, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VERONA   (Italy)

^b Istituto di Microbiologia   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ITALY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 0031903837     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514907     Document Type: Conference Paper

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