Surveillance study of vancomycin resistant enterococci in pediatric haematology and oncology patients;Çocuk hematoloji ve onkoloji hastalarinda vankomisine dirençli enterokok sürveyansι

Mikrobiyoloji Bulteni

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 245-250

  Taşdelen Fişgm, Nuriye ^a   Darka, Özge ^a   Fişgin, Tunç ^a   Hepsert, Serkan ^a   Çoban, Ahmet Yilmaz ^a   Elli, Murat ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Surveillance; Vancomycin resistant enterococcus

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; CHILD; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FEMALE; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASE; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMAN; INFANT; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGICAL EXAMINATION; MICROBIOLOGY; NEOPLASM; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; TURKEY (REPUBLIC);

ADOLESCENT; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROCOCCUS; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HEMATOLOGIC DISEASES; HUMANS; INFANT; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NEOPLASMS; PREVALENCE; RECTUM; TURKEY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 39049176432     PISSN: 03749096     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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