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Detection of bacteriocin production and virulence traits in vancomycin-resistant enterococci of different sources
17 Nov 2007
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AIM: Three hundred and two enterococci were isolated from food, animal and clinical samples in order to evaluate the incidence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and bacteriocin, cytolysin, haemolysin, gelatinase production. METHODS AND RESULTS: Among the isolates, 27 (8.9%) were VRE, and 17 (63%) of these showed, by the deferred antagonism method, bacteriocin production against gram-positive and some...
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