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Antibiotic-Resistant Enterococci and the Changing Face of Surgical Infections
1 Mar 1996
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BACKGROUND: Enterococci have not been thought to play an important role in intra-abdominal infections because of their relatively low virulence. However, this notion is changing because of the recent emergence of these microbes as significant nosocomial pathogens. OBJECTIVES: To review the mechanisms of antibiotic resistance of enterococci and to discuss the significance of multidrug-resistant enterococci in...
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