Comparison of high-level gentamicin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from different continents
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Comparison of high-level gentamicin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from different continents.
Eight clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium highly resistant to gentamicin (MIC, > 1,000 mg/liter) from patients in six hospitals on three continents were investigated for evidence of spread of either a clone of high-level gentamicin-resistant (HLGR) E. faecium or wide dissemination of a gentamicin resistance (Gmr) plasmid. A combination of ribotypes, plasmid profiles, and extended antimicr...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 1993
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.37.4.681