Decreased vancomycin susceptibility of coagulase-negative staphylococci in a neonatal intensive care unit: Evidence of spread of Staphylococcus warneri

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 41, Issue 10, 2003, Pages 4660-4665

  Center, Kimberly J ^a,c   Reboli, Annette C ^b   Hubler, Robin ^a   Rodgers, Gail L ^a   Long, Sarah S ^a  

^a DREXEL UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b RUTGERS ROBERT WOOD JOHNSON MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

^c ST CHRISTOPHER'S HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLYCOPEPTIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; COAGULASE NEGATIVE STAPHYLOCOCCUS; DRUG EXPOSURE; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN INFECTION; NEWBORN INTENSIVE CARE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COAGULASE; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT, NEWBORN; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, NEONATAL; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; STAPHYLOCOCCAL INFECTIONS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); DAPHNE VIRUS S; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS EPIDERMIDIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HAEMOLYTICUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS HOMINIS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS WARNERI;

EID: 0141958268     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.41.10.4660-4665.2003     Document Type: Article

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