Vancomycin-resistant enterococci in a tertiary teaching hospital in Taiwan

Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 63-68

  Hsieh, Yu Chia ^a   Ou, Tsong Yih ^a   Teng, Sing On ^a   Lee, Wuan Chan ^b   Lin, Yi Chun ^b   Wang, Jann Tay ^c   Chang, Shan Chwen ^c   Lee, Wen Sen ^a  

^a TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

^c NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bacterial; Drug resistance; Electrophoresis; Enterococcus; Gel; Genes; Pulsed field; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; GLYCOPEPTIDE; LEVOFLOXACIN; PENICILLIN G; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ESP GENE; FEMALE; GASTROINTESTINAL TRACT; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MOLECULAR TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; TEACHING HOSPITAL; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CROSS INFECTION; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS, TEACHING; HUMANS; MALE; MEMBRANE PROTEINS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TAIWAN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 67549130342     PISSN: 16841182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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