Stability of vancomycin-resistant enterococcal genotypes isolated from long-term-colonized patients

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 177, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 378-382

  Bonten, Marc J M ^a,b   Hayden, Mary K ^a   Nathan, Catherine ^a   Rice, Thomas W ^a   Weinstein, Robert A ^a  

^a MA   (United States)

^b MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENDEMIC DISEASE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOTYPE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0031930343     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/514196     Document Type: Article

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