Trends in antimicrobial resistance in 3469 enterococci isolated from blood (EARSS experience 2001-06, Spain): Increasing ampicillin resistance in Enterococcus faecium [5]

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 59, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 1044-1045

  Oteo, Jesús ^a   Cuevas, Oscar ^a   Navarro, Carmen ^a   Aracil, Belén ^a   Campos, José ^a,b  

^a INSTITUTO DE SALUD CARLOS III   (Spain)

^b CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; E. faecium; Surveillance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD CULTURE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; LETTER; MALE; NONHUMAN; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; QUALITY CONTROL; SPAIN; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TREND STUDY;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SPAIN;

EID: 34447569191     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm083     Document Type: Letter

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