Diversity among Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci
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Diversity among multidrug-resistant enterococci.
Enterococci are associated with both community- and hospital-acquired infections. Even though they do not cause severe systemic inflammatory responses, such as septic shock, enterococci present a therapeutic challenge because of their resistance to a vast array of antimicrobial drugs, including cell-wall active agents, all commercially available aminoglycosides, penicillin and ampicillin, and v...
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عنوان ژورنال: Emerging Infectious Diseases
سال: 1998
ISSN: 1080-6040
DOI: 10.3201/eid0401.980106