First characterization of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from a Portuguese hospital [2]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 215-217

  Novais, C ^a   Vital, C ^b   Ribeiro, G ^b   Coque, T M ^c   Peixe, L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b CENTRO HOSPITALAR E UNIVERSITÁRIO DE COIMBRA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL;

EID: 0036156484     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/49.1.215-a     Document Type: Letter

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6. Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a hospital in Gdansk, Poland, due to horizontal transfer of different Tn 1546-like transposon variants and clonal spread of several strains