Identification of vancomycin-resistant enterococci clones and inter-hospital spread during an outbreak in Taiwan

BACKGROUND: In 2003, nosocomial infections caused by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) occurred rarely in Taiwan. Between 2003 and 2010, however, the average prevalence of vancomycin resistance among enterococci spp. increased from 2% to 16% in community hospitals and from 3% to 21% in medical...

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Main Authors: Lee, Sai-Cheong, Wu, Mi-Si, Shih, Hsiang-Ju, Huang, Shu-Huan, Chiou, Meng-Jiun, See, Lai-Chu, Siu, Liang-Kee
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: BioMed Central 2013
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Online Access:https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3623712/
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23556473
https://ncbi.nlm.nih.govhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-163
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