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Intra-hospital dissemination of quinupristin/dalfopristin- and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a paediatric ward of a German hospital
12 Jun 2003
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OBJECTIVES: To demonstrate nosocomial transmission of Enterococcus faecium resistant to quinupristin/dalfopristin and vancomycin/teicoplanin among paediatric patients in a German hospital ward. MATERIALS AND METHODS: Multiply-resistant E. faecium were isolated from three female patients aged 9 months, 2 and 15 years during a 10 day time span. Antibiotic susceptibilities were determined by microbroth dilution....
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