Quinupristin-Dalfopristin Resistance in Gram-Positive Bacteria: Mechanism of Resistance and Epidemiology

Clinical Infectious Diseases

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 92-98

  Hershberger, Eljie ^a   Donabedian, Susan ^a   Konstantinou, Konstantinos ^a   Zervos, Marcus J ^a,b  

^a WILLIAM BEAUMONT HOSPITAL   (United States)

^b WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADENOSINE TRIPHOSPHATE; BINDING PROTEIN; DALFOPRISTIN; PRISTINAMYCIN; QUINUPRISTIN; STREPTOGRAMIN; VERNAMYCIN; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENZYME MODIFICATION; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HEALTH CARE FACILITY; HUMAN; IN VITRO STUDY; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESERVOIR; REVIEW; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS INFECTION;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE FREQUENCY; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

EID: 0346422349     PISSN: 10584838     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/380125     Document Type: Review

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