Enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin and teicoplanin (VanA phenotype) isolated from a bone marrow transplanted patient in Brazil
We report for the first time in Brazil, a patient from whom an Enterococcus faecalis VanA phenotype was isolated. Glycopeptide resistance is not commonly observed in Enterococcus faecalis, so this finding is of great concern since this species is responsible for 90% of enterococcal infections in Bra...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2001-01-01
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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=S1413-86702001000100007 |