Vancomycin-resistant van a phenotype Enterococcus faecalis: first case in Minas Gerais state and epidemiological considerations

AUTOR(ES)

Ribas, Rosineide Marques, Darini, Ana Lúcia da Costa, Moreira, Tomaz Aquino, Freitas, Claudete, Gontijo Filho, Paulo P.

FONTE

Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2007-08

RESUMO

We report the first case of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis with VanA phenotype and vanA genotype isolated from a surgical patient in a general Hospital in Uberlândia, state of Minas Gerais, Brazil.

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