Outbreak of glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a neonatal unit

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 5, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 103-104

  McCarthy, Liam ^a   Gopal Rao, G ^a   Lorek, Ann ^a   Aylott, Carole ^a   Beddoe, Rebecca ^a   Ojo, Fola ^a   Jeanes, Annette ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL LEWISHAM   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; PENICILLIN G; QUINUPRISTIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INFANT; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 0345683545     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.1999.tb00112.x     Document Type: Article

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