Prevalence of macrolide-resistance genes in Staphylococcus aureus and Enterococcus faecium isolates from 24 European university hospitals

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 891-894

  Schmitz, Franz Josef ^a,b   Sadurski, Ralf ^a   Kray, Angela ^a   Boos, Mechthild ^a   Geisel, Roland ^a   Koöhrer, Karl ^a   Verhoef, Jan ^b   Fluit, Ad C ^b  

^a HEINRICH HEINE UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ERYTHROMYCIN; MACROLIDE;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EUROPE; GENE EXPRESSION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 0034040493     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/45.6.891     Document Type: Article

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