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Fecal colonization with vancomycin-resistant enterococci in Australia.

To assess the rate of fecal vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) colon ization in Austalia, we examined specimens from 1,085 healthy volunteers. VRE was cultured from 2(0.2%) of 1,085 specimens; both were vanB Enter ococcus faecium, identical by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, but with a pattern...

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Autores principales: Padiglione, A A, Grabsch, E A, Olden, D, Hellard, M, Sinclair, M I, Fairley, C K, Grayson, M L
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 2000
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2627949/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11202974
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Sumario:To assess the rate of fecal vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) colon ization in Austalia, we examined specimens from 1,085 healthy volunteers. VRE was cultured from 2(0.2%) of 1,085 specimens; both were vanB Enter ococcus faecium, identical by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, but with a pattern rare in Melbourne hospitals.