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Published on: May 8, 2013
Proficiency of clinical laboratories in and near Monterrey, Mexico, to detect vancomycin-resistant enterococci
L C McDonald1, L R Garza, W R Jarvis
1Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia 30333, USA.
Emerging Infectious Diseases
|March 19, 1999
Abstract:
Early detection of vancomycin-resistant enterococci is important for preventing its spread among hospitalized patients. We surveyed the ability of eight hospital laboratories in and near Monterrey, Mexico, to detect vancomycin resistance in Enterococcus spp. and found that although laboratories can reliably detect high-level vancomycin resistance, many have difficulty detecting low-level resistance.
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