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Microbiological and epidemiological studies of Enterococcus faecium resistant to amoxycillin in a university hospital in eastern France.
Clinical microbiology and infection : the official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology and Infectious Diseases - 1 May 2004
Thouverez M, Talon D
Abstract excerpt
Over 3 years, during six 1-month periods of surveillance, 69 cases of Enterococcus faecium colonisation or infection were detected in a university hospital in eastern France. Thirty-two cases involved strains resistant to amoxycillin (crude incidence of 0.21/1000 patient-days). The risk of infection with E. faecium was higher if the patient was hospitalised in a haematology ward and/or treated with...
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