Anti-microbial resistance of enterococci isolated from urinary tract infections in iran

Iranian Biomedical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 185-190

  Saifi, Mahnaz ^a   Pourshafie, Mohammad Reza ^b   Eshraghian, Mohammad Reaz ^c   Dallal, Mohammad Mehdi Soltan ^a  

^a Dept of Pathobiology   (Iran)

^b TEHRAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^c PASTEUR INSTITUTE OF IRAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Anti microbial resistance; Enterococci; Urinary tract infection (uti)

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; COTRIMOXAZOLE; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; NITROFURANTOIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; DISK DIFFUSION; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; IRAN; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; URINALYSIS; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

ANTI-INFECTIVE AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; HUMANS; IRAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 61349154219     PISSN: 1028852X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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