Where has vancomycin-heterogeneously resistant Staphylococcus aureus gone? [9]

Lancet

Volumn 363, Issue 9418, 2004, Pages 1401-

  Arakawa, Yoshichika ^a   Ike, Yasuyoshi ^b   Nagasawa, Mitsuaki ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^b GUNMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL DEFENSE MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL METABOLISM; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; LETTER; MOLECULAR MECHANICS; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; STRESS;

EID: 1942532949     PISSN: 01406736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0140-6736(04)16068-6     Document Type: Letter

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