Emergence of Enterococcus faecalis susceptible to quinupristin/dalfopristin in Greece

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 153-156

  Petinaki, E ^a   Kontos, F ^a   Maniatis, A N ^a   Spiliopoulou, I ^b   Liakos, P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THESSALY   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DNA FRAGMENT; ERYTHROMYCIN; LEVOFLOXACIN; QUINUPRISTIN; RIFAMPICIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GREECE; INFECTION SENSITIVITY; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

AMINO ACID SEQUENCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ATP-BINDING CASSETTE TRANSPORTERS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GREECE; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MOLECULAR SEQUENCE DATA; VIRGINIAMYCIN;

EID: 33746270153     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2006.04.002     Document Type: Letter

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