Assessment of high-level gentamicin and glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecalis and E. faecium clonal structure in a Portuguese hospital over a 3-year period

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 855-859

  Mato, R ^a   Almeida, F ^a   Pires, R ^a,c   Rodrigues, P ^a   Ferreira, T ^b   Santos Sanches, I ^c  

^a INSTITUTO DE TECNOLOGIA QUÍMICA E BIOLÓGICA   (Portugal)

^b HOSPITAL DE SANTO ANTÓNIO DOS CAPUCHOS   (Portugal)

^c UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; CYTOLYSIN; GELATINASE; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; HYALURONIDASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HOSPITAL INFECTION; MOLECULAR CLONING; NONHUMAN; PORTUGAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEROPREVALENCE;

EID: 67349180746     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0704-x     Document Type: Article

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