Gentamicin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis sequence type 6 with reduced penicillin susceptibility: Diagnostic and therapeutic implications

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 48, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 3820-3821

  Guardabassi, Luca ^a   Larsen, Jesper ^a   Skov, Robert ^b   Schønheyder, Henrik C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; PENICILLIN G; VANCOMYCIN;

ABDOMINAL INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BILIARY TRACT INFECTION; BLOOD CULTURE; BLOODSTREAM INFECTION; BROTH DILUTION; ENDOCARDITIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; EPSILOMETER TEST; GANGRENE; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PANCREAS; PENICILLIN RESISTANCE; PERIRENAL ABSCESS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SURGICAL WOUND; URINARY TRACT INFECTION;

AMPICILLIN; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTEREMIA; DENMARK; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; GENTAMICINS; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PENICILLINS;

ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS;

EID: 77957796122     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: 1098660X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.01252-10     Document Type: Letter

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