Prevalence of multidrug-resistant enterococci in a tertiary care hospital in Mumbai, India

Journal of Infection in Developing Countries

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 155-158

  Deshpande, Vaibhav R ^a   Karmarkar, Mohan G ^a   Mehta, Preeti R ^a  

^a KEM HOSPITAL   (India)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; High level resistance; Multidrug resistance; VRE

Indexed keywords

AMPICILLIN; CHLORAMPHENICOL; CIPROFLOXACIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; NITROFURANTOIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; RIFAMPICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; BACTERIAL TRANSMISSION; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HUMAN; INCIDENCE; INDIA; LETTER; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE;

EID: 84874164258     PISSN: 20366590     EISSN: 19722680     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3855/jidc.3018     Document Type: Letter

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