High Rate of Resistance to Quinupristin-Dalfopristin in Enterococcus faecium Clinical Isolates from Korea
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High rate of resistance to quinupristin-dalfopristin in Enterococcus faecium clinical isolates from Korea.
We tested the in vitro susceptibilities of 603 enterococcal isolates from eight tertiary-care hospitals in Korea. The quinupristin-dalfopristin resistance rate in Enterococcus faecium was very high (25 isolates, 10.0%). It was suggested that both clonal spread and the sporadic emergence of quinupristin-dalfopristin-resistant isolates may explain the high prevalence of quinupristin-dalfopristin ...
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عنوان ژورنال: Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0066-4804,1098-6596
DOI: 10.1128/aac.49.12.5176-5178.2005