Vancomycin-resistant enterococci among clinical isolates from north-west Iran: Identification of therapeutic surrogates

Journal of Medical Microbiology

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 600-602

  Sharifi, Yaeghob ^a   Hasani, Alka ^a   Ghotaslou, Reza ^a   Varshochi, Mojtaba ^a   Hasani, Akbar ^a,b   Soroush, Mohammad Hossein ^a   Aghazadeh, Mohammad ^a   Milani, Morteza ^a,b  

^a TABRIZ UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TABRIZ   (Iran)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; DAPTOMYCIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; FUSIDIC ACID; IMIPENEM; LINEZOLID; PENICILLIN G; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

AGAR DILUTION; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; IRAN; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; IRAN; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PREVALENCE; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84858131818     PISSN: 00222615     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1099/jmm.0.036780-0     Document Type: Letter

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