Emergence of vanA Genotype Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci with Low or Moderate Levels of Teicoplanin Resistance in Korea

Journal of Clinical Microbiology

Volumn 42, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 1785-1786

  Eom, Joong Sik ^a   Hwang, In Sook ^b   Hwang, Byung Yoen ^b   Lee, Jae Gab ^b   Lee, Yeon Joo ^b   Cheong, Hee Jin ^b   Park, Yong Ho ^c   Park, Seung Chul ^b   Kim, Woo Joo ^b,d  

^a Hallym University   (South Korea)

^b Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

^c Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^d Korea University College of Medicine   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ANTIBIOTIC SENSITIVITY; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENE; BACTERIAL GENETICS; BACTERIAL STRAIN; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLINICAL ARTICLE; ENTEROCOCCUS; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; HOSPITAL INFECTION; HUMAN; KOREA; MALE; NONHUMAN; PATHOGENESIS; PHENOTYPE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VANA GENE; VANB GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; KOREA; MALE; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; MIDDLE AGED; TEICOPLANIN; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); ENTEROCOCCUS; NEGIBACTERIA;

EID: 9644304622     PISSN: 00951137     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/JCM.42.4.1785-1786.2004     Document Type: Article

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