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Emergence of vanA Genotype Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci with Low or Moderate Levels of Teicoplanin Resistance in Korea.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Apr 2004
Eom Joong-Sik, Hwang In-Sook, Hwang Byung-Yoen, Lee Jae-Gab, Lee Yeon-Joo, Cheong Hee-Jin, Park Yong-Ho, Park Seung-Chul, Kim Woo-Joo
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In Korea, vancomycin-resistant enterococci have become important nosocomial pathogens since the late 1990s, and most vancomycin-resistant enterococcal isolates have been VanA phenotype-vanA genotype strains. In 2001, we experienced an outbreak of VanB phenotype-vanA genotype vancomycin-resistant enterococci at a university hospital. This is the first report of VanB-vanA vancomycin-resistant enterococci from...
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