Identification, antimicrobial resistance and genotypic characterization of enterococcus spp. isolated in Porto Alegre, Brazil

In the past two decades the members of the genus Enterococcus have emerged as important nosocomial pathogens worldwide. In the present study, we evaluated the antimicrobial resistance and genotypic characteristics of 203 Enterococcus spp. recovered from different clinical sources from two hospitals...

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Main Author: Bender, Eduardo André (author)
Other Authors: Freitas, Ana Lucia Peixoto de (author), Reiter, Keli Cristine (author), Lutz, Larissa (author), Barth, Afonso Luis (author)
Format: article other
Language:eng
Published: 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10183/23958
Country:Brazil
Oai:oai:www.lume.ufrgs.br:10183/23958