First cluster of vancomycin‐resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolates in Cyprus

This report describes the first patient in Cyprus to be infected with a vancomycin‐resistant enterococcus, as well as the microbiological characteristics of a cluster of vancomycin‐resistant enterococcus isolates from the intensive care unit where the index case was hospitalised. All isolates were i...

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Veröffentlicht in:	Clinical microbiology and infection 2005-03, Vol.11 (3), p.232-234
Hauptverfasser:	Daikos, G. L., Triantafyllopoulou, P., Syriopoulou, V., Bakatzouni‐Pieridou, D., Kontou, M., Theodoulou, M., Tofas, P., Petrikkos, G.
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Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Adult Ampicillin - therapeutic use Antibacterial agents Antibiotics. Antiinfectious agents. Antiparasitic agents Biological and medical sciences Carrier State Cyprus Cyprus - epidemiology Enterococcus Enterococcus faecalis Enterococcus faecalis - drug effects Enterococcus faecalis - genetics glycopeptide resistance Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology Humans Intensive Care Units Male Medical sciences Pharmacology. Drug treatments Phenotype resistance Transformation, Bacterial vanA Vancomycin Resistance
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