Unrecognized cross-infection with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium and faecalis detected by molecular typing of blood isolates

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 172-173

  Baran Jr , Joseph ^a   Paruchuri, Rada ^a   Ramanathan, Jambunathan ^a   Riederer, Kathleen M ^a   Khatib, Riad ^a  

^a ST JOHN HOSPITAL AND MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROSS INFECTION; DIALYSIS; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; HOSPITALIZATION; LETTER; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOLECULAR CLONING; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

EID: 0036217608     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503458     Document Type: Letter

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