Low recovery rates of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci could be attributable to restricted usage of aminoglycosides in Indian settings

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 397-398

  Sekar, Ramalingam ^a   Srivani, Ramesh ^a   Vignesh, Ramachandran ^b   Kownhar, Hayath ^a   Shankar, Esaki Muthu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MADRAS   (India)

^b YRG CENTRE FOR AIDS RESEARCH AND EDUCATION   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIARRHEA; DRUG MONITORING; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; FECES ANALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; INDIA; LABORATORY TEST; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PILOT STUDY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SCREENING TEST; SPECIES DISTRIBUTION;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FECES; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INDIA; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; STREPTOMYCIN;

EID: 40549140389     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.47604-0     Document Type: Letter

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