Recovery of vancomycin-resistant gram-positive cocci from children.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on March 01, 1990

Authors

M Green1, R M Wadowsky, K Barbadora

Author Affiliations

1: Department of Pediatrics, Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.

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