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Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. clinical isolates recovered from hospitalized patients among several medical institutions in China.
Diagnostic microbiology and infectious disease - 1 Dec 2012
Sun Hongli, Wang Hui, Xu Yingchun, Jones Ronald N, Costello Andrew J, Liu Yali, Li Gang, Chen Minjun, Mendes Rodrigo E
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The epidemiology and molecular characteristics of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) from China deserve further investigation. This study reports on the molecular characterization of 101 unique VRE (96 E. faecium and 5 E. faecalis strains) recovered from diverse samples of 12 hospitals in China. MIC results were obtained by reference broth microdilution methods, and vancomycin resistance and virulence genes...
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