Resistance in clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis encountered at the University Hospital of the West Indies, Jamaica

West Indian Medical Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 194-196

  Saunders, Geoffrey L ^a   Bodonaik, N C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES   (Jamaica)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; GENTAMICIN; NITROFURANTOIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; JAMAICA; NONHUMAN; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL;

EID: 33749632307     PISSN: 00433144     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S0043-31442006000300012     Document Type: Article

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