Prevalence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in hospitalized patients and those living in the community in the Czech Republic

New Microbiologica

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 121-125

  Kolar, Milan ^a   Pantucek, Roman ^b   Vagnerova, Iva ^a   Sauer, Pavel ^a   Kesselova, Michaela ^a   Cekanova, Luboslava ^a   Koukalova, Dagmar ^a   Doskar, Jiri ^b   Ruzickova, Vladislava ^b  

^a PALACKÝ UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

^b MASARYK UNIVERSITY   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Czech republic; Enterococci; Prevalence; Vancomycin resistant

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; DEMOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; PREVALENCE;

CROSS INFECTION; CZECH REPUBLIC; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 33745839829     PISSN: 11217138     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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