Yield of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and multidrug-resistant Enterobacteriaceae from stools submitted for Clostridium difficile testing compared to results from a focused surveillance program

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 1152-1154

  Hacek, D M ^a   Bednarz, P ^a   Noskin, G A ^a   Zembower, T ^a   Peterson, L R ^a  

^a NORTHWESTERN MEMORIAL HOSPITAL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; AZTREONAM; CEFTAZIDIME; CLINDAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES ANALYSIS; HIGH RISK POPULATION; HUMAN; MASS SCREENING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOLITIS, PSEUDOMEMBRANOUS; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SPECIMEN HANDLING; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CLOSTRIDIUM DIFFICILE; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; POSIBACTERIA;

EID: 0035094972     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.3.1152-1154.2001     Document Type: Article

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