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Clonality among ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates in Sweden and relationship with ciprofloxacin resistance.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 Oct 2003
Torell E, Kühn I, Olsson-Liljequist B, Haeggman S, Hoffman B-M, Lindahl C, Burman L G
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To investigate clonal relationships in a nationwide sample of human Enterococcus faecium isolates. METHODS: Biochemical fingerprinting (PhP (PhenePlate) typing) was used to compare 180 fecal ampicillin-resistant E. faecium (ARE) isolates with 169 matched fecal ampicillin-susceptible E. faecium (ASE) isolates from patients in 23 hospitals, collected in 1998, and to study 39 fecal ARE isolates from...
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