Hospital effluent constitutes a source of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Hospital effluent constitutes a source of vancomycin-resistant enterococci

Objectives: Enterococci are intrinsically resistant to many commonly used antimicrobial agents. They are able to acquire resistance with relative ease and can spread these genes to other species. Enterococci resistant to antibiotics are associated with the use of these in clinical practice and also...

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Veröffentlicht in:Ars pharmaceutica 2016-09, Vol.57 (3), p.121-126
Hauptverfasser: Nuñez, Lidia, Tornello, Carina, Puentes, Noel, Espigares, Elena, Moreno, Elena, Espigares, Miguel, Moretton, Juan
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