Detection of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: Two-year experience in a high complexity hospital;Detección de Enterococcus faecium resistente a vancomicina: Experiencia de dos años en un hospital de alta complejidad

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2002, Pages 222-225

  Lopreto, C R ^a   Viegas Caetano, J A ^a   Padlog, R ^a   Sorgentini, M ^a   Bardi, C ^a   Silvestri, C ^a  

^a Hospital Interzonal General de Agudos de La Plata   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Carriers; Enterococcus faecium; Resistance; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

CHLORAMPHENICOL; GENTAMICIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL LABORATORY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; SCREENING;

ARGENTINA; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 0036969447     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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