Heterogeneously vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis strain causing recurrent peritonitis in a dialysis patient during vancomycin therapy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 39-44

  Sieradzki, Krzysztof ^a   Roberts, Richard B ^a,b   Serur, David ^b   Hargrave, Judie ^b   Tomasz, Alexander ^a  

^a ROCKEFELLER UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b WEILL CORNELL MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PERITONITIS; CASE REPORT; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFECTION RISK; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERITONEAL DIALYSIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECURRENT INFECTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS;

EID: 0032947394     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.1.39-44.1999     Document Type: Article

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