Epidemiology of bacteriuria caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci - A retrospective study

American Journal of Infection Control

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 277-281

  Wong, Alice H M ^a   Wenzel, Richard P ^a   Edmond, Michael B ^a  

^a VIRGINIA COMMONWEALTH UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; NITROFURANTOIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIURIA; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; PYURIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE;

EID: 0033895818     PISSN: 01966553     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1067/mic.2000.106904     Document Type: Article

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