Dogs Should Be Included in Surveillance Programs for Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci [4]

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 1384-1385

  Herrero, Inmaculada A ^a   Fernández Garayzábal, Jose F ^a   Moreno, Miguel A ^a   Domínguez, Lucas ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACITRACIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; QUINUPRISTIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); DOG; DRUG SURVEILLANCE PROGRAM; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; FECES ANALYSIS; HUMAN; LETTER; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; DOG DISEASES; DOGS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); CANIS FAMILIARIS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 12144286162     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.3.1384-1385.2004     Document Type: Letter

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