Environmental survival of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

Journal of Hospital Infection

Volumn 77, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 282-283

  Wagenvoort, J H T ^a   De Brauwer, E I G B ^a   Penders, R J R ^a   Willems, R J ^b   Top, J ^b   Bonten, M J ^b  

^a Sittard Geleen Heerlen   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER UTRECHT   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; MEMBRANE PROTEIN; METICILLIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ACINETOBACTER INFECTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL SURVIVAL; COLONY FORMING UNIT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EPIDEMIC; HEMODIALYSIS; HOSPITAL INFECTION; LETTER; METHICILLIN RESISTANT STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS; NONHUMAN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

AMPICILLIN RESISTANCE; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENVIRONMENT; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MICROBIAL VIABILITY; NETHERLANDS; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 79951853767     PISSN: 01956701     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2010.11.008     Document Type: Letter

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