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Nosocomial Infection with Vancomycin-dependent Enterococci1
We report three patients infected with unique strains of vancomycin-dependent enterococci. Two were first infected by genetically identical strains of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE). All three patients had much greater exposure to vancomycin and third-generation cephalosporins than did two control groups (patients infected with VRE and hospitalized patients without enterococcal infectio...
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Intensive Care Medicine
سال: 2019
ISSN: 0342-4642,1432-1238
DOI: 10.1007/s00134-019-05624-y