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Phenotypes and genotypes of vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated during long-term follow-up in a patient with recurrent bacteremia and colonization.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi - 1 Dec 2002
Yeh Kuo-Ming, Lu Jang-Ji, Siu Leung-Kei, Peng Ming-Yieh, Chang Feng-Yee
Abstract excerpt
Twenty-seven isolates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci were obtained at monthly intervals from a bed-ridden man with hypoxic encephalopathy. During the 28-month period of the patient's hospitalization, 3 episodes of bacteremia and one episode of catheter-related infection caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci occurred. Rectal swabs showed colonization of vancomycin-resistant enterococci for more than 2...
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