Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). Recent results and trends in development of antibiotic resistance;Vancomycin-resistente enterokokken (VRE): Aktuelle daten und trends zur resistenzentwicklung

Bundesgesundheitsblatt - Gesundheitsforschung - Gesundheitsschutz

Volumn 55, Issue 11-12, 2012, Pages 1387-1400

  Klare, I ^a   Witte, W ^a   Wendt, C ^b   Werner, G ^a  

^a ROBERT KOCH INSTITUTE   (Germany)

^b Labor Dr Limbach   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antibiotic selective pressure; Enterococci; Hospital associated strains; VanB E. faecium; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

ACETAMIDE DERIVATIVE; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; LINEZOLID; OXAZOLIDINONE DERIVATIVE; TEICOPLANIN; VANA LIGASE, BACTERIA; VANB PROTEIN, ENTEROCOCCUS;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECT; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; SEROTYPING;

ACETAMIDES; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CROSS INFECTION; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; OXAZOLIDINONES; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; SEROTYPING; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84869472412     PISSN: 14369990     EISSN: 14371588     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00103-012-1564-6     Document Type: Article

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