The epidemiology of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci on a haematology unit - Analysis by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis

Epidemiology and Infection

Volumn 129, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 57-64

  Bradley, S J ^a   Kaufmann, M E ^b   Happy, C ^b   Ghori, S ^b   Wilson, A L T ^a   Scott, G M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b CENTRAL PUBLIC HEALTH LABORATORY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

POLYPEPTIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL PARAMETERS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; WARD;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY; GLYCOPEPTIDES; HEMATOLOGY; HUMANS; RECTUM;

EID: 0036677194     PISSN: 09502688     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0950268802007033     Document Type: Article

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