Vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium of multi locus sequence type 18 in Malaysia

Medical Journal of Malaysia

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 2012, Pages 639-640

  Poh, Leng Weng ^a   Rukman, Awang Hamat ^a   Cheah, Yoke Kqueen ^a   Norital, Zainol ^a   Nazri, Aziz Muhammad ^a   Mariana, Nor Shamsudin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Clonal complex 17; Enterococcus faecium; Vancomycin resistance

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMPICILLIN; AZITHROMYCIN; CEFEPIME; CEFTAZIDIME; CEFTRIAXONE; CLOXACILLIN; DOXYCYCLINE; ERYTHROMYCIN; FLUCONAZOLE; GENTAMICIN; LINEZOLID; MEROPENEM; PIPERACILLIN PLUS TAZOBACTAM; SULPERAZONE; TEICOPLANIN; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG; VANCOMYCIN; BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN;

ADULT; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CASE REPORT; CATHETERIZATION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; HUMAN; HUMAN TISSUE; MALAYSIA; MALE; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; PNEUMONIA; PULSED FIELD GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; SEPSIS; SEPTIC SHOCK; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; HOSPITAL;

BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ELECTROPHORESIS, GEL, PULSED-FIELD; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALS; HUMANS; MALAYSIA; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; VANCOMYCIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

EID: 84879343012     PISSN: 03005283     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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