Utility of direct, real-time PCR in the management of a nosocomial outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (vanB genotype)

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 321-322

  Al Mohri, H A ^a   Tadros, M A ^a   Louie, L ^a   Vearncombe, M ^a   Simor, A E ^a  

^a SUNNYBROOK RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; DIAGNOSTIC ACCURACY; DNA EXTRACTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REAL TIME POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 43449109173     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-007-0432-z     Document Type: Article

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