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Reciprocal Regulation of Cephalosporin Resistance in Enterococcus faecalis
2 Nov 2011
Abstract excerpt
UNLABELLED: Antibiotic-resistant enterococci are major causes of hospital-acquired infections and therefore represent a serious public health problem. One well-known risk factor for the acquisition of hospital-acquired enterococcal infections is prior therapy with broad-spectrum cephalosporin antibiotics. Enterococci can proliferate in patients undergoing cephalosporin therapy due to intrinsic cephalosporin...
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