Susceptibility patterns of Enterococcus spp. isolated in Poland during 1996

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 303-307

  Hryniewicz, Waleria ^a   Zarȩba, Tomasz ^a   Kawalec, Magdalena ^a  

^a Sera & Vaccines Central Research Laboratory Warszawa   (Poland)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Enterococcus spp.; HLAR high level aminoglycosides resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBACTERIAL ACTIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLAND; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MICROBIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLAND;

EID: 0344959382     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0924-8579(98)00058-2     Document Type: Article

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