Nosocomial spread of linezolid-resistant, vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

N Engl J Med. 2002 Mar 14;346(11):867-9. doi: 10.1056/NEJM200203143461121.
No abstract available

Publication types

  • Letter

MeSH terms

  • Acetamides / pharmacology
  • Acetamides / therapeutic use*
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / pharmacology
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents / therapeutic use*
  • Base Sequence
  • Cross Infection / microbiology
  • Cross Infection / transmission*
  • Drug Resistance, Bacterial / genetics*
  • Drug Resistance, Multiple / genetics
  • Enterococcus faecium / drug effects
  • Enterococcus faecium / genetics*
  • Enterococcus faecium / isolation & purification
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
  • Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / transmission*
  • Hospital Design and Construction
  • Humans
  • Linezolid
  • Liver Transplantation
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Mutation
  • Oxazolidinones / pharmacology
  • Oxazolidinones / therapeutic use*
  • Vancomycin Resistance / genetics

Substances

  • Acetamides
  • Anti-Bacterial Agents
  • Oxazolidinones
  • Linezolid

Associated data

  • GENBANK/AF432914