Vancomycin resistant enterococci in the Netherlands;Vancomycineresistente enterokokken in Nederland

Nederlands Tijdschrift voor Geneeskunde

Volumn 148, Issue 18, 2004, Pages 878-882

  Leavis, H L ^a   Willems, R J ^b   Mascini, E M ^b   Vandenbroucke Grauls, C M J E ^b   Bonten, M J M ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

^b VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^c ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; ANTIMICROBIAL THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ENTEROBACTERIACEAE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; ESP GENE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NETHERLANDS; PLASMID; PREVALENCE; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; NETHERLANDS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VIRULENCE;

EID: 2442435818     PISSN: 00282162     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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