Vancomycin-Resistant Organisms on a Burn Unit

Southern Medical Journal

Volumn 94, Issue 1-10, 2001, Pages 810-812

  Still, Joseph M ^a,b   Law, Edward ^a   Friedman, Bruce ^a   Fuhrman, Steve ^a   Newton, Terry ^a  

^a Doctors Hospital   (United States)

^b Physicians' Multispecialty Group   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BURN; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MORTALITY; WOUND INFECTION;

ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BURN UNITS; BURNS; CHILD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; WOUND INFECTION;

EID: 0035430474     PISSN: 00384348     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/00007611-200194080-00012     Document Type: Article

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