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[Glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium. Analysis of the resistance genotype, virulence and genetic lines].
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica - 1 Jan 2013
López María, Alvarez-Martínez Míriam J, Marco Francesc, Torres Carmen
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OBJECTIVE: The objective of this study was to analyse the genotypic characteristics of all Enterococcus isolates with acquired vancomycin resistance (VRE) recovered in the Hospital Clinic (Barcelona, Spain) in a period of three years and two months. METHODS: All VRE isolated in the referred Hospital in the period January 2004-March 2007 were included in the study. The vancomycin resistance mechanism was...
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