Isolation and epidemiological study of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium from patients of a haematological unit in Poland

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 137-143

  Samet, A ^a   Bronk, M ^a   Hellmann, A ^c   Kur, J ^b  

^a State Hospital No I   (Poland)

^b GDANSK UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

^c MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF GDANSK   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococcus faecium; PCR; PCR fingerprinting; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM;

EID: 0032966746     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0195-6701(99)90051-8     Document Type: Article

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