Mechanisms by which anaerobic microbiota inhibit the establishment in mice of intestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus

Journal of Infectious Diseases

Volumn 191, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 949-956

  Pultz, Nicole J ^a   Stiefel, Usha ^b   Subramanyan, Suja ^a   Helfand, Marion S ^a   Donskey, Curtis J ^a,c  

^a CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS OF CLEVELAND   (United States)

^c LOUIS STOKES CLEVELAND VA MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CLINDAMYCIN; SODIUM CHLORIDE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANIMAL MODEL; ANIMAL TISSUE; ARTICLE; AUTOCLAVE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; CECUM; INOCULATION; INTESTINE FLORA; INTESTINE INFECTION; MOUSE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANIMALS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ANTIBIOSIS; BACTERIA, ANAEROBIC; CECUM; CLINDAMYCIN; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; MICE; MUCOUS MEMBRANE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 14844320487     PISSN: 00221899     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1086/428090     Document Type: Article

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