Nosocomial spread of Enterococcus faecium resistant to vancomycin and linezolid in a tertiary care medical center

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 44, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 3368-3370

  Dobbs, Thomas E ^a   Patel, Mukesh ^a   Waites, Ken B ^b,c   Moser, Stephen A ^b   Stamm, Alan M ^a   Hoesley, Craig J ^a  

^a University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^b University of Alabama at Birmingham   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; CARBAPENEM DERIVATIVE; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; CLINDAMYCIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; LINEZOLID; MACROLIDE; METRONIDAZOLE; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; MEDICAL RECORD; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ACADEMIC MEDICAL CENTERS; ACETAMIDES; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALABAMA; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; OXAZOLIDINONES; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 33748774701     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00850-06     Document Type: Article

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