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Driving forces of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium and E. faecalis blood-stream infections in children

BACKGROUND: Rates of invasive vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) in the USA remains on the rise. Efforts to control vancomycin use and nosocomial transmission have had limited success in halting the spread of this pathogen. The role of antibiotic exposure remains a topic of controversy. We eval...

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Autores principales: Di Pentima, Maria Cecilia, Chan, Shannon, Briody, Carol, Power, Michelle, Hossain, Jobayer
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2014
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4158385/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25206975
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/2047-2994-3-29