Detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in stool specimens submitted for Clostridium difficile toxin testing
Abstract The aim of this study was to determine the association between Clostridium difficile (C. difficile) and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) and efficacy of screening stools submitted for C. difficile toxin assay for prevalence of VRE. Between April 2012 and February 2014, 158 stool samp...
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| Language: | English |
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Sociedade Brasileira de Microbiologia
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| Series: | Brazilian Journal of Microbiology |
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| Online Access: | http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1517-83822017000300489&lng=en&tlng=en |