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Molecular epidemiology of high-level aminoglycoside-resistant enterococci isolated from patients in a university hospital in southern Italy.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Nov 2005
Zarrilli Raffaele, Tripodi Marie-Francoise, Di Popolo Anna, Fortunato Rosaria, Bagattini Maria, Crispino Margherita, Florio Anna, Triassi Maria, Utili Riccardo
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OBJECTIVES: We evaluated the genetic and molecular basis of high-level resistance to gentamicin and amikacin in 91 clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium in a university hospital in southern Italy from 1987 to 2003. METHODS: Antibiotic susceptibility was evaluated by disc diffusion and microdilution methods. Genotyping was performed by PFGE and dendrogram analysis. Aminoglycoside...
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