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Influence of Oral Glycopeptides on the Fecal Flora of Human Volunteers: Selection of Highly Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococci
1 May 1996
Abstract excerpt
Changes in fecal flora were evaluated in 22 healthy volunteers administered oral vancomycin or teicoplanin in 1989-1991 in Belgium. Evaluation of 5 colonies per subject revealed no glycopeptide-resistant enterococci in the predominant flora before glycopeptide administration; however, large numbers (mostly Enterococcus faecium) emerged by the end of the study in 14 (64%) of the subjects. Pediococci and...
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