Hospital-acquired vancomycin-resistant Enterococci: Now appearing in Kuala Lumpur Hospital

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 487-489

  Zubaidah, A W ^b   Ariza, Adnan ^a,b   Azmi, S ^a  

^a HOSPITAL KUALA LUMPUR   (Malaysia)

^b UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Chronic renal failure; Hospital acquired; Linezolid; Vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE)

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANAMNESIS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC KIDNEY FAILURE; DRUG SUBSTITUTION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HAND WASHING; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MALAYSIA; MICROBIOLOGY; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ACETAMIDES; ADULT; ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HOSPITALS, PUBLIC; HUMANS; KIDNEY FAILURE, CHRONIC; MALAYSIA; OXAZOLIDINONES; PHENOTYPE; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; TIME FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 33847019204     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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