High-level aminoglycoside resistance in Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium causing invasive infection: Twelve-year surveillance in the Minami Ibaraki Area

Journal of Infection and Chemotherapy

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 61-63

  Osuka, Hanako ^a   Nakajima, Jun ^b   Oishi, Tsuyoshi ^a   Funayama, Yasunori ^c   Ebihara, Tsugio ^d   Ishikawa, Hiroichi ^e   Saito, Kazuto ^f   Koganemaru, Hiroshi ^b   Hitomi, Shigemi ^b  

^a TOKYO MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TSUKUBA HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^c Tsukuba Gakuen Hospital   (Japan)

^d Ryugasaki Saiseikai Hospital   (Japan)

^e TSUKUBA MEDICAL CENTER HOSPITAL   (Japan)

^f TSUCHIURA KYODO GENERAL HOSPITAL   (Japan)

Author keywords

Aminoglycoside modifying enzyme; Enterococcus faecalis; Enterococcus faecium; Gentamicin; High level aminoglycoside resistance; Streptomycin

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; GENTAMICIN; STREPTOMYCIN; AAC(6')-IM PROTEIN, ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; AMINOGLYCOSIDE; ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASE;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATION; BLOOD SAMPLING; CEREBROSPINAL FLUID; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; HIGH LEVEL AMINOGLYCOSIDE RESISTANCE; PREVALENCE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMAN; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; JAPAN; MICROBIOLOGY;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; JAPAN; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR);

EID: 84950277071     PISSN: 1341321X     EISSN: 14377780     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jiac.2015.09.003     Document Type: Article

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