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First confirmed case of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium with vanA phenotype from Brazil: isolation from a meningitis case in São Paulo.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 1999
Zanella R C, Valdetaro F, Lovgren M, Tyrrel G J, Bokermann S, Almeida S C, Vieira V S, Brandileone M C
Abstract excerpt
The importance of enterococci as a nosocomial etiologic agent is well documented; however, enterococci are also capable of causing a variety of community-acquired infections. Vancomycin resistance in a clinical Enterococcus isolate was first reported in 1986, and since then vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have been reported world-wide. This report describes a case of E. faecium with the VanA phenotype,...
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