Survey of antibiotic resistance among enterococci in North Rhine- Westphalia, Germany

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 1638-1641

  Reinert, R R ^a   Conrads, G ^a   Schlaeger, J J ^a   Werner, G ^b   Witte, W ^b   Lutticken R ^a   Klare, I ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL RWTH AACHEN   (Germany)

^b ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLINDAMYCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENE EXPRESSION; GERMANY; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0032895279     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.5.1638-1641.1999     Document Type: Article

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