The occurrence and transferability of the resistance determinants in 50 amikacin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 632-633

  Bujdáková, Helena ^a   Krupová, Ivana ^a   Filipová, Miriam ^a   Benczeová, Sylvia ^a   Kettner, Milan ^a   Drahovská, Hana ^a   Seman, Milan ^a   Bagová, M ária ^b  

^a Physics and Informatics   (Slovakia)

^b State Public Health   (Slovakia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; EVERNINOMICIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE MAPPING; HUMAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0344687294     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(03)00247-4     Document Type: Letter

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