Effect of hospitalization on the antibiotic resistance of fecal Enterococcus faecalis of surgical patients over time

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 154-158

  Nys, S ^a   Bruinsma, N ^a   Filius, P M G ^b   Van Den Bogaard, A E ^a   Hoffman, L ^a   Terporten, P H W ^a   Wildeboer Veloo, A C M ^c   Degener, J ^c   Endtz, H P ^b   Stobberingh, E E ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b ERASMUS MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; CLARITHROMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; OXYTETRACYCLINE; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HOSPITALIZATION; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL PATIENT; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

ADULT; AGED; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 21044456740     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2005.11.154     Document Type: Article

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