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Population biology of intestinal enterococcus isolates from hospitalized and nonhospitalized individuals in different age groups.
Applied and environmental microbiology - 1 Mar 2015
Tedim Ana P, Ruiz-Garbajosa Patricia, Corander Jukka, Rodríguez Concepción M, Cantón Rafael, Willems Rob J, Baquero Fernando, Coque Teresa M
Abstract excerpt
The diversity of enterococcal populations from fecal samples from hospitalized (n = 133) and nonhospitalized individuals (n = 173) of different age groups (group I, ages 0 to 19 years; group II, ages 20 to 59 years; group III, ages ≥60 years) was analyzed. Enterococci were recovered at similar rates from hospitalized and nonhospitalized persons (77.44% to 79.77%) of all age groups (75.0% to 82.61%). Enterococcus...
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