Prevalence of vancomycin and high level aminoglycoside resistant enterococci among high-risk patients

Southeast Asian Journal of Tropical Medicine and Public Health

Volumn 34, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 849-854

  Moaddab, S R ^a   Rafi, A ^b  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAMASE; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; NORFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; DILUTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; ENZYME ASSAY; FECES; GASTROINTESTINAL INFECTION; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITAL PATIENT; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION;

EID: 1842633858     PISSN: 01251562     EISSN: 26975718     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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