Characterization of a vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium outbreak caused by 2 genetically different clones at a neonatal intensive care unit

Annals of Laboratory Medicine

Volumn 32, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 82-86

  Lee, Wee Gyo ^a   Ahn, Sun Hyun ^a   Jung, Min Kwon ^b   Jin, Hye Young ^a   Park, Il Joong ^a  

^a Ajou University School of Medicine   (South Korea)

^b Seran General Hospital   (South Korea)

Author keywords

Disease outbreak; Enterococcus; Neonatal intensive care unit

Indexed keywords

EID: 84859584254     PISSN: 22343806     EISSN: 22343814     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3343/alm.2012.32.1.82     Document Type: Article

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