Nosocomial Spread of linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium [7]

New England Journal of Medicine

Volumn 346, Issue 11, 2002, Pages 867-869

  Herrero, Inmaculada A ^a   Issa, Nicolas C ^a   Patel, Robin ^a  

^a MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; GENTAMICIN; GUANINE; LINEZOLID; ORITAVANCIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIBOSOME DNA; STREPTOMYCIN; THYMINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ACETAMIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BASE SEQUENCE; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITAL DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; HUMANS; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; MUTATION; OXAZOLIDINONES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0037076032     PISSN: 00284793     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1056/NEJM200203143461121     Document Type: Letter

References (4)

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3. Linezolid resistance in a clinical isolate of Staphylococcus aureus
4. Development of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecium in two compassionate use program patients treated with linezolid