Community-acquired vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: A case report from Malaysia

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 54, Issue 9, 2005, Pages 901-903

  Raja, N S ^a   Karunakaran, R ^a   Ngeow, Y F ^a   Awang, R ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY MALAYA MEDICAL CENTRE   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFUROXIME; CLINDAMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; HERBACEOUS AGENT; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ABSCESS DRAINAGE; ADULT; ARTICLE; ASPIRATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM CULTURE; CASE REPORT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOUTH ABSCESS; MOUTH CAVITY; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUS; STREPTOCOCCUS MILLERI; VANA GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ABSCESS; ADULT; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; COMMUNITY-ACQUIRED INFECTIONS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOUTH MUCOSA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 24044483221     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.46169-0     Document Type: Article

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