Species prevalence and antibacterial resistance of enterococci isolated in Kuwait hospitals

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 52, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 163-168

  Udo, Edet E ^a   Al Sweih, Noura ^a   Phillips, Oludotun A ^a   Chugh, Tulsi D ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BLOOD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS BOVIS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FECES; GENOTYPE; KUWAIT; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION; URINE; UTERINE CERVIX CYTOLOGY; VAGINA; WOUND;

ACETAMIDES; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BETA-LACTAM RESISTANCE; BETA-LACTAMASES; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXAZOLIDINONES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0037318601     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.04949-0     Document Type: Article

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