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Phenotypic and genotypic characterization of VanA Enterococcus isolated during the first nosocomial outbreak in Brazil.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jan 2003
Zanella Rosemeire C, Brandileone Maria Cristina C, Bokermann Sérgio, Almeida Samanta C G, Valdetaro Fábio, Vitório Fábio, Moreira Maria de Fátima A, Villins Margarete, Salomão Reinaldo, Pignatari Antonio Carlos C
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We report the phenotypic and genotypic characterization of 50 VanA Enterococcus clinical isolates from infected patients and 97 isolates from colonized patients obtained during a nosocomial outbreak in a single hospital in São Paulo, Brazil during 1998. The identification of strains to the specie...
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