Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci: High prevalence in a young ambulatory population in France;Enterocoques resistants a la vancomycine en France: Haute prevalence dans une population ambulatoire de sujets jeunes

Presse Medicale

Volumn 27, Issue 28, 1998, Pages 1427-1429

  Guerin, F ^a,b   Perrier Gros Claude, J D ^a   Foisaud, V ^a   Masseron, T ^a   Thierry, J ^a  

^a Service de Biologie   (France)

^b Service de Biologie Médicale   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES ANALYSIS; FRANCE; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; STREPTOCOCCUS INFECTION; AMBULATORY CARE; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; STATISTICS;

ADULT; AMBULATORY CARE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; FRANCE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0032569303     PISSN: 07554982     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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