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Phenotypic characteristics and population genetics of Enterococcus faecalis cultured from patients in Tehran during 2000-2001.
Canadian journal of microbiology - 1 Oct 2003
Feizabadi Mohammad Mehdi, Aliahmadi Atusa, Mobasheri Fatemeh, Asgharzadeh Ahmad, Asadi Soroor, Etemadi Gelavizh
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Conventional bacteriology techniques were used to identify enterococci isolates cultured from patients at different hospitals in Tehran during 2000-2001. The identification was confirmed using species-specific PCR targeting the D-alanyl-D-alanine ligase gene. A total of 59 isolates of Enterococcus faecalis were identified. The rates of resistance to different antibiotics were in the following order: penicillin...
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