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Prevalence of the fosfomycin-resistance determinant, fosB3, in Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates from China
8 Aug 2014
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In order to investigate the prevalence of fosfomycin-resistance (fos) determinants in Enterococcus faecium, clinical strains were collected from hospitals throughout China between January 2008 and December 2009. Antimicrobial susceptibility testing was performed, after which the fos genes in all isolates and van genes in vancomycin-resistant isolates were characterized by PCR and sequencing. Conjugation...
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