Epidemiology and molecular analysis of intestinal colonization by vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Greek hospitals

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 43, Issue 11, 2005, Pages 5796-5799

  Gikas, Achilleas ^a   Christidou, Athanasia ^a   Scoulica, Efstathia ^a   Nikolaidis, Paulos ^c   Skoutelis, Athanasios ^b   Levidiotou, Stamatina ^d   Kartali, Sofia ^e   Maltezos, Efstratios ^e   Metalidis, Simeon ^c   Kioumis, John ^f   Haliotis, George ^g   Dima, Sofia ^h   Roumbelaki, Maria ^a   Papageorgiou, Nikoleta ^a   Kritsotakis, Evangelos I ^a   Tselentis, Yannis ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF HERAKLION   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^c AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^d UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF IOANNINA   (Greece)

^e DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^f G PAPANICOLAOU HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^g General Hospital of Chalkis   (Greece)

^h General Hospital of Chania   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; ENTEROCOCCUS; EPIDEMIOLOGICAL DATA; GENE; GREECE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; INTESTINE CELL; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANC1 GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPIDEMIOLOGY, MOLECULAR; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GREECE; HOSPITALS, DISTRICT; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; RANDOM ALLOCATION; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 27744608505     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.43.11.5796-5799.2005     Document Type: Article

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