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Reporting antimicrobial susceptibilities and phenotypes of resistance to vancomycin in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. clinical isolates: A nationwide proficiency study.
Enfermedades infecciosas y microbiologia clinica (English ed.) - 1 Jan 2000
Fernández-Cuenca Felipe, López-Hernández Inmaculada, Cercenado Emilia, Conejo María Carmen, Tormo Nuria, Gimeno Concepción, Pascual Alvaro
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INTRODUCTION: The ability of Spanish microbiology laboratories to (a) determine antimicrobial susceptibility (AS), and (b) correctly detect the vancomycin resistance (VR) phenotype in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus spp. (VRE) was evaluated. METHODS: Three VRE isolates representing the VanA (E. faecium), VanB (E. faecium) and VanC (E. gallinarum) VR phenotypes were sent to 52 laboratories, which were asked for:...
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