Antimicrobial resistance among faecal enterococci from healthy individuals in Portugal

Clinical Microbiology and Infection

Volumn 12, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1131-1134

  Novais, C ^a,b   Coque, T M ^c   Sousa, J C ^b   Peixe, L V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b UNIVERSIDADE FERNANDO PESSOA   (Portugal)

^c HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial resistance; Enterococci; Faecal flora; Portugal; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; NITROFURANTOIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES ANALYSIS; FEMALE; HOST; HOUSEKEEPING GENE; HUMAN; MALE; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 33749078916     PISSN: 1198743X     EISSN: 14690691     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-0691.2006.01542.x     Document Type: Article

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