Detection of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE) isolated from urinary tract infections (UTI) in Tehran, Iran

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Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 141-145

  Fatholahzadeh, Bahram ^a   Hashemi, Farhad B ^a   Emaneini, Mohammad ^a   Aligholi, Marzieh ^a   Nakhjavani, Farrokh A ^a   Kazemi, Bahram ^b  

^a TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Disk agar diffusion method; Urinary tract infection; Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci (VRE)

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; PROTEIN VANA; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR GEL DIFFUSION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIREA; ENTEROCOCCUS MUNDTII; ENTEROCOCCUS RAFFINOSUS; GENOTYPE; IRAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SPECIES DIVERSITY; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; URINE CULTURE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

EID: 33751321630     PISSN: 15608115     EISSN: 15608115     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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