Enterococcus in wound infections: Virulence and antimicrobial resistance

Acta Microbiologica et Immunologica Hungarica

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 263-269

  Dworniczek, Ewa ^a   Piwowarczyk, Justyna ^a   Bania, Jacek ^b   Kowalska Krochmal, Beata ^a   Wałecka, Ewa ^b   Seniuk, Alicja ^a   Dolna, Izabela ^a   Gościniak, Gráyna ^a  

^a WROCLAW MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

^b WROCLAW UNIVERSITY OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

Author keywords

biofilm; enterococci; wound infection

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CIPROFLOXACIN; DEOXYRIBONUCLEASE; GELATINASE; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TRIACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BIOFILM; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; WOUND INFECTION;

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 84863609958     PISSN: 12178950     EISSN: 15882640     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1556/AMicr.59.2012.2.11     Document Type: Article

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