Epidemiology of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci colonizing high-risk patients in hospitals in Johannesburg, Republic of South Africa

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 38, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 905-909

  Von Gottberg, Anne ^a   Van Nierop, Wim ^a,b   Dusé, Adriano ^a   Kassel, Marlene ^a   McCarthy, Kerrigan ^a   Brink, Adrian ^a,c   Meyers, Marilyn ^a,c   Smego, Raymond ^a   Koornhof, Hendrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b and Partners ^*  (South Africa)

^c and Partners   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMPHOTERICIN B; COLISTIN; ESCULIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; NALIDIXIC ACID; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FEMALE; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECTUM; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SOUTH AFRICA;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; NEGIBACTERIA; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 0033950614     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/jcm.38.2.905-909.2000     Document Type: Article

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