Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a Chinese hospital

Current Microbiology

Volumn 55, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 125-127

  Li, S ^a   Zhang, Z ^a   Mi, Z H ^b  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY PEOPLE S HOSPITAL   (China)

^b Wuxi Clone Gen Tech Institute   (China)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; CHINA; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPIC VARIATION; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; BASE SEQUENCE; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHINA; CROSS INFECTION; DNA, BACTERIAL; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; PEPTIDE SYNTHASES; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 34547125797     PISSN: 03438651     EISSN: 14320991     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00284-005-0484-1     Document Type: Article

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