Outbreak of pseudobacteremia due to multidrug-susceptible Enterococcus faecium

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1333-1334

  Baddour, Larry M ^a,b   Harris, Eva ^a,b   Huycke, Mark M ^a,b   Smith, A Ernie ^a,b   Himelright, Inga M ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OKLAHOMA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; ELECTROPHORESIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033053415     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/517791     Document Type: Article

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