Article
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci.
The American journal of medicine - 1 Mar 1997
Murray B E
Abstract excerpt
Enterococci have been recognized as an important cause of nosocomial infections for almost 20 years and as a cause of endocarditis for almost a century. While long known for their capacity of displaying multiple antibiotic resistant traits, the extent to which this could occur was not fully appre...
Topics
- Anti-Bacterial Agents
- Drug Resistance, Microbial
- Enterococcus
- Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections
- Humans
- Microbial Sensitivity Tests
- Phenotype
- Vancomycin