In vitro susceptibility and molecular analysis of gentamicin-resistant enterococci

Diagnostic Microbiology and Infectious Disease

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages 141-146

  Chow, Joseph W ^a   Donabedian, Susan M ^b   Clewell, Don B ^c   Sahm, Daniel F ^d   Zervos, Marcus J ^b  

^a Medical Services   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d BARNES JEWISH HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; DIBEKACIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHICKEN; DNA HYBRIDIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GOOSE; HORSE; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TECHNIQUE;

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; ANIMALS; DIBEKACIN; DNA PRIMERS; DNA PROBES; DNA RESTRICTION ENZYMES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG SYNERGISM; ELECTROPHORESIS, AGAR GEL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NETILMICIN; PENICILLINS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0032427030     PISSN: 07328893     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0732-8893(98)00056-X     Document Type: Article

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