Characterization of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci in Kuwait hospitals

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 10, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 139-145

  Udo, Edet E ^a   Al Sweih, N ^a   John, P ^a   Jacob, L E ^a   Mohanakrishnan, S ^a  

^a KUWAIT UNIVERSITY   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TOBRAMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL INFECTION; KUWAIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA PRIMERS; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KUWAIT; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FORMICIDAE;

EID: 3042776746     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/1076629041310037     Document Type: Article

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