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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolates isolated in Rajavithi Hospital between 1999 and 2009.
Journal of the Medical Association of Thailand = Chotmaihet thangphaet - 1 Mar 2012
Thongkoom Prakaithip, Kanjanahareutai Suwattana, Chantrakooptungool Suriwan, Rahule Somsak
Abstract excerpt
From 1999 to 2009, a total of 10,470 clinical enterococcal strains from patients in Rajavithi Hospital were isolated. Of these, 201 (1.9%) vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) including 199 (99.0%) Enterococcus faecium and 2 (1.00%) Enterococcus faecalis were found. The incidence of VRE was 1.8% in 1999, 3.3% in 2000, 5.1% in 2001, 1.0% in 2002, 0.0% in 2003 and 2004, 1.1% in 2005, 4.7% in 2006, 1.9% in 2007,...
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