High rate of detection of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci from urinary tract specimens in South India

International Journal of Antimicrobial Agents

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 383-385

  Sekar, Ramalingam ^a   Mahalakshmi, Devarajan ^a   Srivani, Ramesh ^a   Shankar, Esaki Muthu ^a   Vignesh, Ramachandran ^a  

^a Faculty of Medicine   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ESCULIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM DETECTION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; DIARRHEA; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN; INDIA; LETTER; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; URINARY TRACT; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; INDIA; STREPTOMYCIN; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 41049100467     PISSN: 09248579     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijantimicag.2007.11.009     Document Type: Letter

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