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Emergence of the vanA genotype among Enterococcus gallinarum isolates colonising the intestinal tract of patients in a university hospital in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
International journal of antimicrobial agents - 1 Mar 2009
Neves Felipe P G, Ribeiro Rachel L, Duarte Rafael S, Teixeira Lucia M, Merquior Vânia L C
Abstract excerpt
We describe the characteristics of seven unusual isolates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) carrying both the vanC1 and vanA genes that were detected during a 3-month survey carried out to investigate the occurrence of faecal carriage of VRE. The isolates were identified as Enterococcus g...
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