Vancomycin-resistant van a phenotype Enterococcus faecalis: first case in Minas Gerais state and epidemiological considerations
We report the first case of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis with VanA phenotype and vanA genotype isolated from a surgical patient in a general Hospital in Uberlândia, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Elsevier
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702007000400015&lng=en&tlng=en |