Experience of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a children's hospital

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 11-18

  Gray, J W ^a   George, R H ^a  

^a BIRMINGHAM CHILDREN S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; Infection control; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN; GENTAMICIN; QUINUPRISTIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CONTAMINATION; CHILD; DIAGNOSTIC PROCEDURE; ENTEROCOCCUS; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL DEPARTMENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; PEDIATRIC HOSPITAL; PROGNOSIS;

EID: 0034124515     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1053/jhin.1999.0724     Document Type: Article

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