Vancomycin tolerance in enterococci

Chemotherapy

Volumn 50, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 250-254

  Saribas, Suat ^a   Bagdatli, Yasar ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Enterococcus faecalis; Enterococcus faecium; Vancomycin tolerance

Indexed keywords

AMINOGLYCOSIDE; AUTOLYSIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GROWTH; BACTERIAL INFECTION; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM IDENTIFICATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; INOCULATION; MINIMUM INHIBITORY CONCENTRATION; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STANDARD;

AGAR; BACTERIOLOGICAL TECHNIQUES; CULTURE MEDIA; DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIP, DRUG; DRUG TOLERANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FORECASTING; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; TURKEY; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 9144241999     PISSN: 00093157     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1159/000081946     Document Type: Article

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