Nosocomial infection with vancomycin-dependent enterococci

Emerging Infectious Diseases

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2004, Pages 1277-1281

  Tambyah, Paul A ^a,b   Marx, John A ^a   Maki, Dennis G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN SCHOOL OF MEDICINE AND PUBLIC HEALTH   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPHOTERICIN B; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CEFAZOLIN; CEFTAZIDIME; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; METRONIDAZOLE; QUINUPRISTIN; TEICOPLANIN; TIMENTIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC THERAPY; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; CASE REPORT; CONFERENCE PAPER; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GENETIC ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; STRAIN IDENTIFICATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 3042782444     PISSN: 10806040     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3201/eid1007.030993     Document Type: Conference Paper

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