Vancomycin resistant Enterococcus in nosocomial urinary tract infections

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 256-258

  Saxena, Sonal ^a,b   Prakash, S Krishna ^a   Malik, V ^a   Mathur, ^a  

^a G B PANT HOSPITAL   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; OFLOXACIN; PIPERACILLIN; SPARFLOXACIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 0242474269     PISSN: 03774929     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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