Systematic review of antimicrobial resistance among Gram positive cocci in hospitals in Colombia;Revisión sistemática de la resistencia antimicrobiana en cocos Gram positivos intrahospitalarios en Colombia

Biomedica

Volumn 31, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 27-34

  Espinosa, Carmelo José ^a   Cortés, Jorge Alberto ^a   Castillo, Juan Sebastián ^a   Leal, Aura Lucía ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE COLOMBIA   (Colombia)

Author keywords

Drug resistance; Enterococcus; Health surveillance; Microbial; Microbial sensitivity tests; Staphylococcus

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; POSIBACTERIA; STAPHYLOCOCCUS; STAPHYLOCOCCUS AUREUS;

EID: 84856140956     PISSN: 01204157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.7705/biomedica.v31i1.333     Document Type: Article

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