The management of infections due to drug-resistant gram-positive bacteria

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 24, Issue 12, 2005, Pages 777-779

  Moellering Jr , R C ^a  

^a BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; AVOPARCIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; CEFEPIME; CEFTOBIPROLE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALBAVANCIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; ORITAVANCIN; PENICILLIN G; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; TEICOPLANIN; TELAVANCIN; TIGECYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; EDITORIAL; GRAM POSITIVE BACTERIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MORTALITY; NONHUMAN; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; POLITICS; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PUBLIC HEALTH; STREPTOCOCCUS PNEUMONIAE; TREATMENT FAILURE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VENTILATOR ASSOCIATED PNEUMONIA;

ANIMALS; DISEASE MANAGEMENT; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; EVOLUTION; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIA; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; METHICILLIN RESISTANCE; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 29944440080     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-005-0062-2     Document Type: Editorial

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