Antimicrobial resistance and molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci from North America and Europe: a report from the SENTRY antimicrobial surveillance program.

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Published in Diagn Microbiol Infect Dis on March 26, 2007

Authors

Lalitagauri M Deshpande1, Thomas R Fritsche, Gary J Moet, Douglas J Biedenbach, Ronald N Jones

Author Affiliations

1: JMI Laboratories, North Liberty, IA 52317, USA. gauri-deshpande@jmilabs.com

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