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Natural History of Colonization with Vancomycin-Resistant <i>Enterococcus Faecium</i>
1 Dec 1995
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVE: To determine the incidence, duration, and genetic diversity of colonization with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF). SETTING: Oncology unit of a 650-bed university hospital. METHODS: Surveillance perianal swab cultures were performed on admission and weekly. The molecular relatedness of VREF isolates was determined by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis and by the hybridization pattern of...
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