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Nosocomial outbreak of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis infection in a tertiary care hospital.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Oct 2009
Gómez-Gil Rosa, Romero-Gómez Maria Pilar, García-Arias Africa, Ubeda M Gallego, Busselo M Sota, Cisterna Ramón, Gutiérrez-Altés Avelino, Mingorance Jesus
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We describe 12 cases of linezolid-resistant Enterococcus faecalis. The present study was done in 2 wards of Hospital Universitario La Paz in Madrid, Spain. The 2 wards involved were the intensive care unit (ICU) and reanimation unit. Twelve clinical strains of E. faecalis reported by the clinical laboratory as linezolid resistant based on MICs determined by E-test (AB Biodisk, Solna, Sweden) were collected...
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