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Molecular epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Singapore.
Pathology - 1 Jan 2009
Koh Tse H, Low Beng S, Leo Nicholas, Hsu Li-Yang, Lin Raymond T P, Krishnan Prabha, Chan Douglas, Nadarajah Maheswari, Toh Say L, Ong Keng H
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AIMS: To characterise the mechanism of glycopeptide resistance, genetic relatedness, and pathogenicity factors in isolates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in Singapore. METHODS: A total of 292 Enterococcus faecium and 17 Enterococcus faecalis were isolated from humans, and five E. faecium, two Enterococcus durans, two Enterococcus flavescens, one Enterococcus casseliflavus, and one Enterococcus...
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