Evaluation of a vanA-specific PCR assay for detection of vancomycin- resistant Enterococcus faecium during a hospital outbreak

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 10, 1999, Pages 3348-3349

  Roger, Michel ^a,b,c   Faucher, Marie Claude ^a   Forest, Pierre ^a   St Antoine, Pierre ^b   Coutlée, François ^a,b  

^a CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^c NOTRE DAME HOSPITAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES CULTURE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032851205     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.10.3348-3349.1999     Document Type: Article

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