Nasal and perirectal colonization of vancomycin sensitive and resistant enterococci in patients of paediatrics ICU (PICU) of tertiary health care facilities

BMC Infectious Diseases

Volumn 13, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Yameen, Muhammad Arfat ^a,b   Iram, Saira ^b   Mannan, Abdul ^a   Khan, Shujaat Ali ^a   Akhtar, Naeem ^c,d  

^a COMSATS Institute of Information Technology ^*  (Pakistan)

^b QUAID I AZAM UNIVERSITY   (Pakistan)

^c RAWALPINDI MEDICAL COLLEGE   (Pakistan)

^d UNIVERSITY OF HEALTH SCIENCES   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Antimicrobial susceptibility; Enterococci colonization; Vancomycin resistant enterococci

Indexed keywords

AMOXICILLIN PLUS CLAVULANIC ACID; AMPICILLIN; CEFALEXIN; CEFALOTIN; CEFOXITIN; CEFRADINE; CIPROFLOXACIN; DALFOPRISTIN PLUS QUINUPRISTIN; ERYTHROMYCIN; GENTAMICIN; IMIPENEM; LEVOFLOXACIN; LINEZOLID; METICILLIN; OXACILLIN; PENICILLIN DERIVATIVE; TEICOPLANIN; TETRACYCLINE; VANCOMYCIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; CHILD; CONTROLLED STUDY; DDL GENE; DISK DIFFUSION; DRUG SCREENING; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; FUNGAL GENE; HUMAN; INTENSIVE CARE UNIT; LENGTH OF STAY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NASAL COLONIZATION; NOSE SMEAR; PAKISTAN; PNEUMONIA; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRESCHOOL CHILD; RECTAL COLONIZATION; RECTAL SWAB; SCHOOL CHILD; SMEAR; SOCIAL STATUS; TERTIARY HEALTH CARE; URBAN RURAL DIFFERENCE; VANA GENE; VANB GENE;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL TYPING TECHNIQUES; CARRIER STATE; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENES, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFANT; INTENSIVE CARE UNITS, PEDIATRIC; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; NOSE; PAKISTAN; PERINEUM; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PREVALENCE; TERTIARY CARE CENTERS; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84875320261     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712334     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2334-13-156     Document Type: Article

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