Prevalence and antimicrobial resistance pattern of multidrug-resistant enterococci isolated from clinical specimens

Indian Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 30, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 44-51

  Salem Bekhit, M M ^a   Moussa, Imi ^b   Muharram, M M ^c   Alanazy, F K ^b   Hefni, H M ^d  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^b KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c PRINCE SATTAM BIN ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^d SHAQRA UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococci; hospitalised patients; vanA; VRE

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; KANAMYCIN; LINEZOLID; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BLOOD SAMPLING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS AVIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; ENTEROCOCCUS HIRAE; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR TYPING; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SAUDI ARABIA; URINALYSIS; WOUND FLUID;

EID: 84857814639     PISSN: 02550857     EISSN: 19983646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4103/0255-0857.93032     Document Type: Article

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