Commensal and environmental vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolated in hospital settings: Genotypic diversity, antimicrobial resistance and virulence traits

Dear Editor, At the University Hospital of Londrina, Paranα, Brazil, cultures of stools are examined weekly for all patients housed in intensive care units and for all patients found to be colonised or infected with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), as part of the hospital surveillance study...

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Published in:Indian journal of medical microbiology 2014-07, Vol.32 (3), p.345-347
Main Authors: Gomes, LVP, Morey, AT, Santos, JP, Cardoso, JD, Oliveira, CF, Perugini, MRE, Yamauchi, LM, Ogatta, SFY
Format: Article
Language:English
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Antimicrobial agents
Drug resistance
Medical research
Patients
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Summary:Dear Editor, At the University Hospital of Londrina, Paranα, Brazil, cultures of stools are examined weekly for all patients housed in intensive care units and for all patients found to be colonised or infected with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), as part of the hospital surveillance study for multidrug-resistant microorganisms.
ISSN:0255-0857
1998-3646
DOI:10.4103/0255-0857.136603