First confirmed case of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium with vanA phenotype from Brazil: Isolation from a meningitis case in Sao Paulo

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 159-162

  Zanella, Rosemeire C ^a,d   Valdetaro, Fabio ^b   Lovgren, Marguerite ^c   Tyrrel, Gregory J ^c   Bokermann, Sérgio ^a   Almeida, Samanta C G ^a   Vieira, Vera S D ^a   Brandileone, Maria Cristina C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO ADOLFO LUTZ   (Brazil)

^b Laboratorio Regional   (Brazil)

^c National Centre for Streptococcus Laboratory   (Canada)

^d Cerqueira Cezar   (Brazil)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL MENINGITIS; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BRAZIL; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0032805212     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.1999.5.159     Document Type: Article

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