Prevalence of vancomycin resistant Enterococci and associated risk factors among clients with and without HIV in Northwest Ethiopia: A cross-sectional study

BMC Public Health

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Abebe, Wondwossen ^a   Endris, Mengistu ^a   Tiruneh, Moges ^a   Moges, Feleke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GONDAR   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Enterococcci; HIV; Vancomycin resistant

Indexed keywords

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS INFECTION; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTOR; SOCIOECONOMICS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AIDS-RELATED OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CHILD; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HIV INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PREVALENCE; RISK FACTORS; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI;

EID: 84897588432     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-14-185     Document Type: Article

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