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Multidrug-resistant enterococci in the hospital environment: detection of novel vancomycin-resistant E. faecium clone ST910.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 31 Aug 2016
Dziri Raoudha, Lozano Carmen, Ben Said Leila, Bellaaj Ridha, Boudabous Abdellatif, Ben Slama Karim, Torres Carmen, Klibi Naouel
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INTRODUCTION: The role of the hospital environment as a reservoir of resistant bacteria in Tunisia has been poorly investigated; however, it could be responsible for the transmission of multidrug-resistant bacteria. The objective was to study the prevalence of Enterococcus in the environment of a Tunisian hospital and the antibiotic resistance phenotype/genotype in recovered isolates, with special reference to...
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