Comparison of eight methods to detect vancomycin resistance in enterococci

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 36, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 592-594

  Endtz, Hubert P ^a   Van Den Braak, Nicole ^a   Van Belkum, Alex ^a   Goessens, Wil H ^a   Kreft, Deborah ^a   Stroebel, A Barnard ^b   Verbrugh, Henri A ^a  

^a ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b St Clara Hospital   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DIAGNOSTIC VALUE; ENTEROCOCCUS; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 0031975240     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.36.2.592-594.1998     Document Type: Article

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