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Constitutively vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium resistant to synergistic beta-lactam combinations.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Jun 1993
Green M, Binczewski B, Pasculle A W, Edmund M, Barbadora K, Kusne S, Shlaes D M
Abstract excerpt
Vancomycin resistance among enterococci has recently been recognized. Synergy between vancomycin and penicillin has been shown in vitro for isolates of Enterococcus faecium resistant to both of these antibiotics. We describe three isolates of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium which demonstrate unique phenotypic characteristics. The isolates exhibited high-level resistance to both vancomycin and teicoplanin,...
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