Antibiotic Resistance in Enterococci and the Importance of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
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Enterococci and vancomycin resistance.
The frequency of infections with multiply antibiotic-resistant gram-positive bacteria is increasing, and in some cases these organisms remain susceptible only to the glycopeptides vancomycin and teicoplanin. The appearance of transferable high-level glycopeptide resistance in enterococci--producing some strains that are now resistant to all available antibiotics--is thus a cause for concern. Th...
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عنوان ژورنال: Turkiye Klinikleri Journal of Veterinary Sciences
سال: 2017
ISSN: 1309-6907,2146-8850
DOI: 10.5336/vetsci.2017-56209