Primary Recipient

OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH FOUNDATION

Amount

$400,000.00

Award Date

6/17/2009

Administering Agency

Health and Human Services, Department of / National Institutes of Health

CDFA Number

93.701

CDFA Program Title

Trans-NIH Recovery Act Research Support

Description

The high prevalence of nosocomial infections by multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecalis presents both a treatment and an infection control challenge in the hospital setting. There is a clear demand to control enterococcal multi-drug resistance problems