Status of high level aminoglycoside resistant Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis in a rural hospital of Central India

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 26, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 369-371

  Mendiratta, D ^a   Kaur, H ^a   Deotale, V ^a   Thamke, D ^a   Narang, R ^a   Narang, P ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI INSTITUTE OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (India)

Author keywords

E. faecalis; E. faecium; High level aminoglycoside resistance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AMPICILLIN; BETA LACTAM ANTIBIOTIC; BETA LACTAMASE; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENZYME ACTIVITY; INDIA; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; RURAL AREA;

EID: 55549097467     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.43582     Document Type: Article

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