Comparative Study of Real Time Quantitative PCR for vanA Gene with the Conventional Culture-based Method for the Detection of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci
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Safaa M. EL-AGEERY*, Howayda N. Mahran 1 Medical Microbiology and Immunology Department, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt; Medical Laboratories Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia Medical Laboratories Technology Department, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, Taibah University, Saudi Arabia; Medico-legal Department, Ministry of Justice, Alexandria, Egypt
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