Antimicrobial resistance profile of Enterococcus species isolated from intestinal tracts of hospitalized patients in Jimma, Ethiopia Microbiology

BMC Research Notes

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2015, Pages

  Abamecha, Abdulhakim ^a   Wondafrash, Beyene ^b   Abdissa, Alemseged ^b  

^a METTU UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

^b JIMMA UNIVERSITY   (Ethiopia)

Author keywords

Antibiotic resistance; Enterococci; Ethiopia; Hospitalized patient; Intestinal tract; Jimma

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS CASSELIFLAVUS; ENTEROCOCCUS DURANS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ENTEROCOCCUS GALLINARUM; STREPTOCOCCUS;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDY; DRUG EFFECTS; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INTESTINE; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TEST; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MULTIDRUG RESISTANCE; PREDICTIVE VALUE; UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; YOUNG ADULT;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; CROSS-SECTIONAL STUDIES; DRUG RESISTANCE, MULTIPLE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ETHIOPIA; FECES; FEMALE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HOSPITALIZATION; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; INTESTINES; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; PREDICTIVE VALUE OF TESTS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84930144813     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17560500     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/s13104-015-1200-2     Document Type: Article

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