Evaluation of selective and enrichment media for isolation of glycopeptide-resistant enterococci from faecal specimens

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 289-296

  Brown, Derek F J ^a   Walpole, Enid ^a  

^a ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AZIDE; ESCULIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; MEROPENEM; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR MEDIUM; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; EVALUATION; FECES ANALYSIS; HEMATOLOGY; HUMAN; INCUBATION TIME; INOCULATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; SCREENING TEST; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGAR; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CULTURE MEDIA; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; HUMANS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0037329485     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkg076     Document Type: Article

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