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Elvan Caglar Citak1, Aynur Oguz, Ceyda Karadeniz
1Gazi University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatric Oncology, Besevler 06510, Ankara, Turkey. caglarcitak@yahoo.com
The Journal of Infection
|January 18, 2006
Abstract:
Here we describe a case of a neuroblastoma patient with recurrent vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infection successfully treated with ciprofloxacin. This is the first case of recurrent vancomycin-resistant enterococcal infection in our hospital and Turkey.
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