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Vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolates colonizing and infecting haematology patients: clonality, and virulence and resistance profile.
The Journal of hospital infection - 1 Jul 2018
Marchi A P, Perdigão Neto L V, Martins R C R, Rizek C F, Camargo C H, Moreno L Z, Moreno A M, Batista M V, Basqueira M S, Rossi F, Amigo U, Guimaraes T, Levin A S, Costa S F
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BACKGROUND: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are an important agent of colonization and infection in haematology patients. However, the role of virulence on VRE colonization and infection is controversial. AIM: To characterize the lineage, virulence and resistance profile of VRE infection and colonization isolates; as well as their impact on outcome of haematology patients using a regression logistic model....
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