Reduced susceptibility to vancomycin of nosocomial isolates of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 43, Issue 5, 1999, Pages 729-731

  Kantzanou, Maria ^a   Tassios, Panayotis T ^a   Tseleni Kotsovili, Angelina ^a   Legakis, Nicholas J ^a   Vatopoulos, Alkiviadis C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS MEDICAL SCHOOL   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; HOSPITAL INFECTION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; GREECE; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0032896584     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/43.5.729     Document Type: Article

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