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First detection of vanB phenotype-vanA genotype vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Egypt.
Journal of infection in developing countries - 30 Sept 2019
Khairy Rasha Mm, Mahmoud Mahmoud Shokry, Esmail Mona Abdel Monem, Gamil Aya Nabil
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INTRODUCTION: Enterococci have emerged in last two decades as serious hospital acquired pathogens particularly vancomycin resistant strains (VRE). The study aimed to identify the prevalence of enterococcal isolation from hospital infections and colonization as well as determine vancomycin resistance phenotypes and genotypes. METHODS: Sixty enterococcus isolates were isolated from patients, health care workers and...
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