Investigation of an Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Low Prevalence University Hospital

Journal of Investigative Medicine

Volumn 46, Issue 9, 1998, Pages 435-443

  Hwang, Yenjean S ^a   Brinton, Britt G ^a   Leonard, Rebecca B ^c   Blue, Sky R ^a   Woods, Marion L ^a   Carroll, Karen C ^a,b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH HEALTH SCIENCES CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c ARUP LABORATORIES   (United States)

Author keywords

PFGE; Van B epidemiology; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL DNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; UTAH; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0032247780     PISSN: 17088267     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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