Determination of antibiotic resistance and resistance plasmids of clinical Enterococcus species

Journal of General and Applied Microbiology

Volumn 50, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 213-219

  Coleri, Arzu ^a   Cokmus, Cumhur ^a   Ozcan, Birgul ^a   Akcelik, Mustafa ^a   Tukel, Cagla ^a  

^a ANKARA UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococcus; Plasmids

Indexed keywords

ACRIFLAVINE; AMIKACIN; AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; BACITRACIN; CEFALOTIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; KANAMYCIN; MEROPENEM; NALIDIXIC ACID; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; OFLOXACIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIAGNOSTIC KIT; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MOLECULAR SIZE; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PLASMID; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PLASMIDS; TURKEY;

ANKARA; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; PROKARYOTA;

EID: 11044220272     PISSN: 00221260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2323/jgam.50.213     Document Type: Article

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