Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci in Intensive Care Hospital Settings
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have recently emerged as a nosocomial pathogen and present an increasing threat to the treatment of severely ill patients in intensive-care hospital settings. We outline results of a study of the epidemiology of VRE transmission in ICUs and define a reproductiv...
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| Language: | English |
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Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde
1998-09-01
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| Series: | Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz. |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02761998000500005 |