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Enterococcus faecium

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Enterococcus faecium
A nosocomial pathogen resistant to most antibiotics–eg, penicillin, teicoplanin, aminoglycosides, glycopeptides; ID of E faecium in a clinical specimen requires Pt isolation with barrier precautions. Cf Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium.
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Variant esp gene as a marker of a distinct genetic lineage of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium spreading in hospitals.
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci, Point Barrow, Alaska, USA by Drobni, Mirva; Bonnedahl, Jonas; Hernandez, Jorge; Haemig, Paul; Olsen, Bjorn / Emerging Infectious Diseases
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