Trends in antimicrobial susceptibility patterns among inpatient enterococcal isolates (1990 to 1999): Implications for therapeutic options [1]

Infection Control and Hospital Epidemiology

Volumn 23, Issue 8, 2002, Pages 416-418

  Lautenbach, Ebbing ^a   Patel, Jean Baldus ^a   Bilker, Warren B ^a   Fishman, Neil O ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; NITROFURANTOIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; NONHUMAN; URINALYSIS;

EID: 0036677196     PISSN: 0899823X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/503470     Document Type: Letter

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