Enterococcus gallinarum carrying the vanA gene cluster: first report in Brazil

In 2000, Enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin was first reported at a tertiary hospital in Porto Alegre, southern Brazil. The resistance spread to other hospitals and surveillance programs were established by hospital infection committees to prevent the spread of vancomycin-resistant entero...

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Published in:	Brazilian Journal of Medical and Biological Research
Main Authors:	I.L.B.C. Camargo, A.L. Barth, K. Pilger, B.G.S. Seligman, A.R.L. Machado, A.L.C. Darini
Format:	Article
Language:	English
Published:	Associação Brasileira de Divulgação Científica 2004-11-01
Subjects:	Enterococcus gallinarum VanA phenotype Vancomycin Resistance
Online Access:	http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-879X2004001100012