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Epidemiology and molecular characterization of vancomycin resistant Enterococci isolates in India.
Scandinavian journal of infectious diseases - 1 Jan 2007
Khudaier Bassam Y, Tewari Rupinder, Shafiani Shahin, Sharma Manu, Emmanuel Rekha, Sharma Meera, Taneja Neelam
Abstract excerpt
Little attention has been paid to the problem of the spread of vancomycin resistant enterococci (VRE) in India. Between August 2002 to March 2003, faecal and urine samples of patients from various wards of the Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh, India, were screened for vancomycin resistance. 36 VRE were isolated (18 Enterococcus gallinarum, 9 E. casseliflavus, 7 E. faecium and 2...
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