Identification, antimicrobial resistance and genotypic characterization of Enterococcus spp. isolated in Porto Alegre, Brazil;Identificação, resistência antimicrobiana e caracterização genotípica de Enterococcus spp. isolados em Porto Alegre, Brasil

Brazilian Journal of Microbiology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 693-700

  Bender, Eduardo André ^a   de Freitas, Ana Lúcia Peixoto ^a   Reiter, Keli Cristine ^a   Lutz, Larissa ^b   Barth, Afonso Luís ^a,b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b HOSPITAL DE CLÍNICAS DE PORTO ALEGRE   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Enterococcus; HLAR; PFGE; Resistance

Indexed keywords

ENTEROCOCCUS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECALIS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM;

EID: 70349479163     PISSN: 15178382     EISSN: 16784405     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1590/S1517-83822009000300035     Document Type: Article

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