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Nasal and perirectal colonization of vancomycin sensitive and resistant enterococci in patients of paediatrics ICU (PICU) of tertiary health care facilities

BACKGROUND: Enterococci normally inhabit the intestinal tract of humans and are also a potential pathogen in causing nosocomial infections. The increase in antibiotic resistance and transfer of antibiotic resistance gene to Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus) due to co-colonization has increased its i...

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Autores principales: Yameen, Muhammad Arfat, Iram, Saira, Mannan, Abdul, Khan, Shujaat Ali, Akhtar, Naeem
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2013
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3621148/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23536967
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2334-13-156