Gastrointestinal colonisation of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus in a Singapore teaching hospital

Pathology

Volumn 33, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 216-221

  Oon, Lynette L E ^a,b   Ling, Moi Lin ^b   Chiew, Yoke Fong ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

^b SINGAPORE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Colonisation; Enterococcus; Epidemiology; PFGE; Singapore; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

DNA; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CHILD; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SINGAPORE; TEACHING HOSPITAL;

EID: 0035009258     PISSN: 00313025     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00313020124995     Document Type: Article

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