Survivability of vancomycin resistant enterococci and fitness cost of vancomycin resistance acquisition

Journal of Clinical Pathology

Volumn 58, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 744-746

  Ramadhan, A A ^a   Hegedus, E ^a  

^a School of Biomedical Sciences   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGAR; BACTERIAL DNA; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; BACTERIUM COLONY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BRAIN HEART INFUSION BROTH; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTURE MEDIUM; DNA FINGERPRINTING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GROWTH RATE; NONHUMAN; OPTICAL DENSITY; PARAMETER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROOM TEMPERATURE; STARVATION; SURVIVAL RATE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CROSS INFECTION; CULTURE MEDIA; DNA FINGERPRINTING; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 21844451165     PISSN: 00219746     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/jcp.2004.024091     Document Type: Article

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