Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus raffinosus: Molecular epidemiology, species identification error, and frequency of occurrence in a national resistance surveillance program

Enterococcal blood stream infections are the third most common among all nosocomial blood stream infections in the United States and the occurrence of glycopeptide (vancomycin, teicoplanin) resistance in these isolates has markedly increased. Control of hospital-acquired infections with vancomycin-r...

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