First isolate of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Argentina. Report of two cases;Primer aislamiento de Enterococcus faecium vancomicina-resistente con genotipo vanB en la Argentina: Presentación de dos casos

Revista Argentina de Microbiologia

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 41-44

  Miranda, G ^a   Corso, A ^b   Melano, R ^b   Arismendi, P ^a   Rodriguez, M ^b   Garbervetsky, L ^a  

^a Policlinico Bancario   (Argentina)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES INFECCIOSAS   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Enterococci; Enterococcus faecium; Resistance; vanB; Vancomycin

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARGENTINA; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ADULT; ARGENTINA; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; FIBROCYSTIC BREAST DISEASE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MAMMAPLASTY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE COMPLICATIONS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VULVITIS;

EID: 0038147234     PISSN: 03257541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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