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Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated from intensive care units.
Current microbiology - 1 May 2014
Talebi Malihe, Sadeghi Javad, Pourshafie Mohammad R
Abstract excerpt
To assess the molecular characterization of disseminated vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in the intensive care units, 546 enterococci isolates were collected from different clinical samples in a prospective observational study. The results showed that a total number of 33 isolates (6 %) were resistant to vancomycin. Most of the VRE isolates 11 (34 %) were isolated from intensive care units (ICUs). 18 (55...
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