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Molecular and epidemiological study of the first outbreak of vanB type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis in Japan.
Japanese journal of infectious diseases - 1 Feb 2001
Oana, Kawakami Y, Ohnishi M, Ishikawa M, Hirota M, Tozuka M, Atarashi K, Baba K, Fujiki K, Okazaki M, Honda T, Hayashi T
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In July, 1999, an outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis (VREF) with the vanB genotype occurred for the first time in Japan at Hokushin General Hospital, Nakano City, Nagano Prefecture. Four VREF strains were isolated from the clinical specimens of four inpatients, and 16 VREF str...
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