Dissemination of clonally unrelated erythromycin- and glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates in a tertiary Greek hospital

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 39, Issue 12, 2001, Pages 4571-4574

  Maniatis, A N ^a   Pournaras, S ^a   Kanellopoulou, M ^a   Kontos, F ^a   Dimitroulia, E ^a   Papafrangas, E ^a   Tsakris, A ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DNA; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; NITROFURANTOIN; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GREECE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ERYTHROMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GREECE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0035205643     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.39.12.4571-4574.2001     Document Type: Article

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