Emergence of high ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates in a kidney transplant ward: Role of antibiotic pressure and cross transmission

Microbial Drug Resistance

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-128

  Maillard, Olivier ^a   Corvec, Stéphane ^a,b   Dantal, Jacques ^a   Reynaud, Alain ^a,b   Lucet, Jean Christophe ^c   Bémer, Pascale ^a   Lepelletier, Didier ^a,b  

^a NANTES UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE NANTES   (France)

^c BICHAT HOSPITAL   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEPHALOSPORIN DERIVATIVE; COTRIMOXAZOLE; QUINOLINE DERIVED ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CASE CONTROL STUDY; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRUG USE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; MALE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYELONEPHRITIS; RECURRENT DISEASE; RISK FACTOR; URINARY TRACT INFECTION; CROSS INFECTION; DRUG EFFECTS; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; HOSPITAL SUBDIVISIONS AND COMPONENTS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; TRANSMISSION; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

AGED; AMPICILLIN; AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CASE-CONTROL STUDIES; CROSS INFECTION; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HOSPITAL UNITS; HUMANS; KIDNEY TRANSPLANTATION; LENGTH OF STAY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; RISK FACTORS; URINARY TRACT; URINARY TRACT INFECTIONS;

EID: 77953630227     PISSN: 10766294     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1089/mdr.2009.0095     Document Type: Article

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