DNA banding pattern polymorphism in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and criteria for defining strains

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 37, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1084-1091

  Morrison, D ^a,d   Woodford, N ^a   Barrett, S P ^b   Sisson, P ^c   Cookson, B D ^a  

^a Laboratory of Hospital Infection   (United Kingdom)

^b ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^c NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d GLASGOW ROYAL INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL DNA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TRIMETHOPRIM; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BIOTYPOLOGY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DNA POLYMORPHISM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; RIBOTYPING;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0033036550     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.37.4.1084-1091.1999     Document Type: Article

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