Multiplex PCR for detection of aminoglycoside resistance genes in enterococci

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1423-1426

  Vakulenko, Sergei B ^a   Donabedian, Susan M ^b   Voskresenskiy, Anatoliy M ^a   Zervos, Marcus J ^b   Lerner, Stephen A ^a   Chow, Joseph W ^a,b,c  

^a WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^c VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL CELL WALL; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERICIDAL ACTIVITY; BACTERIUM DETECTION; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

EID: 0037378922     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.47.4.1423-1426.2003     Document Type: Article

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