Emergence of vanB Enterococcus gallinarum colonization in association with glycopeptide therapy

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 2319-2320

  Mahony, Andrew A ^a   Huysmans, Michael B ^a   Liolios, Lisa ^a   Faull, James A ^a   De Boer, Jim ^a   Spelman, Denis W ^a  

^a ALFRED HOSPITAL   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

5 OXOPROLYL PEPTIDASE; AGAR; GLYCOPEPTIDE; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM CULTURE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CASE REPORT; CHRONIC OBSTRUCTIVE LUNG DISEASE; CHYLOTHORAX; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; INOCULATION; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; KIDNEY FAILURE; LETTER; LUNG HEMORRHAGE; LUNG INFILTRATE; LUNG LAVAGE; LUNG TRANSPLANTATION; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIPLEX POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION; ORGAN DONOR; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SYSTEMIC INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE SYNDROME; TERMINAL DISEASE; TRACHEAL ASPIRATION PROCEDURE; TRANSBRONCHIAL BIOPSY; TREATMENT DURATION; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GLYCOPEPTIDES; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM;

EID: 77952921220     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.00222-10     Document Type: Letter

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