Occurrence of Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci in Transplant Medicine Internal Wards in 2001-2005

Transplantation Proceedings

Volumn 39, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 2886-2889

  Mlynarczyk G ^a   Grzybowska, W ^b   Mlynarczyk A ^a   Tyski, S ^a,b   Kawecki, D ^a   Luczak M ^a   Durlik, M ^a   Paczek, L ^a   Chmura, A ^a   Rowinski W ^a  

^a MEDICAL UNIVERSITY OF WARSAW   (Poland)

^b NATIONAL MEDICINES INSTITUTE   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LIGASE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LIVER TRANSPLANTATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; ORGAN TRANSPLANTATION; POLAND; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POSTOPERATIVE INFECTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SURGICAL WARD; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PATIENTS' ROOMS; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; TRANSPLANTATION;

EID: 36049045790     PISSN: 00411345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.transproceed.2007.08.072     Document Type: Article

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