Emergence of unusual species of enterococci causing infections, South India

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue , 2005, Pages

  Prakash, Vittal P ^a   Rao, Sambasiva R ^a,b   Parija, Subash C ^a  

^a JAWAHARLAL INSTITUTE OF POSTGRADUATE MEDICAL EDUCATION AND RESEARCH   (India)

^b NTR Health University   (India)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACCURACY; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; FEMALE; HUMAN; INDIA; MALE; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYACRYLAMIDE GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; PREVALENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE;

EID: 25444480548     PISSN: 14712334     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-5-14     Document Type: Article

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