A newly described vancomycin-resistant ST412 Enterococcus faecium predominant in Greek hospitals

European Journal of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 329-331

  Damani, A ^a   Klapsa, D ^a   Panopoulou, M ^b   Spiliopoulou, I ^c   Pantelidi, K ^a   Malli, E ^a   Kolonitsiou, F ^c   Grapsa, S ^b   Alepopoulou, E ^b   Frantzidou, F ^d   Vlahaki, E ^e   Koutsia Carouzou, C ^f   Malamou Lada, H ^f   Zerva, L ^g   Kartali Ktenidou, S ^b   Anastassiou, E D ^c   Maniatis, A N ^h   Petinaki, E ^h  

^a INSTITUTE OF HUMAN PERFORMANCE AND REHABILITATION   (Greece)

^b DEMOCRITUS UNIVERSITY OF THRACE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^d AHEPA UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^e General Hospital of Volos   (Greece)

^f IASO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Greece)

^g NATIONAL AND KAPODISTRIAN UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^h UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL OF LARISSA   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; CLONE; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENOTYPE; GREECE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; GREECE; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 77952427692     PISSN: 09349723     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0847-9     Document Type: Article

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