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Antibiotic resistance in Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates.
Expert review of anti-infective therapy - 1 Feb 2014
Cattoir Vincent, Giard Jean-Christophe
Abstract excerpt
The worldwide ratio of Enterococcus faecalis-Enterococcus faecium infections is currently changing in favor of E. faecium. Intrinsic and acquired antimicrobial resistance traits of this latter species can explain this evolution as well as the diffusion of hospital-adapted strains belonging to the clonal complex CC17. Like other enterococci, E. faecium is naturally resistant to cephalosporins and aminoglycosides...
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