High-level aminoglycoside-resistant Enterococcus from blood specimens

Japanese Journal of Chemotherapy

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 177-182

  Kanayama, Akiko ^a   Takahashi, Yuko ^a   Uchino, Utsuki ^a   Hasegawa, Miyuki ^a   Sato, Yumie ^a   Kobayashi, Intetsu ^a   Kaneko, Akihiro ^b  

^a LSI MEDIENCE CORPORATION   (Japan)

^b TOKAI UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside modifying enzyme; Enterococcus spp.; Gene analysis; High level resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE DERIVATIVE; GATIFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; TELITHROMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTEREMIA; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BIOASSAY; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; HUMAN; INTESTINE FLORA; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SEPSIS;

EID: 17144404168     PISSN: 13407007     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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