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| Provedor de dados: |
BJID
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| País: |
Brazil
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| Título: |
In vitro fosfomycin activity in vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis
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| Autores: |
Superti,Silvana
Dias,Cícero Armídio Gomes
d'Azevedo,Pedro Alves
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| Data: |
2009-04-01
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| Ano: |
2009
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| Palavras-chave: |
Enterococcus faecalis
Vancomycin-resistance
VRE
Fosfomycin
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| Resumo: |
Enterococci are part of the endogenous flora of human beings, are naturally resistant to several classes of antimicrobials, and are able to acquire resistance with relative ease. Currently the vancomycin-resistant enterococci are spread all over the world and treatment options for infections caused by it are often extremely limited. We assessed 193 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis isolates collected from four different hospitals in Porto Alegre for their susceptibility to fosfomycin using the E-test and agar diffusion. Fosfomycin proved to be active in vitro against the great majority of isolates, indicating that it is a valid option in the treatment of these infections.
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| Tipo: |
Info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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| Idioma: |
Inglês
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| Identificador: |
http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1413-86702009000200010
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| Editor: |
Brazilian Society of Infectious Diseases
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| Relação: |
10.1590/S1413-86702009000200010
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| Formato: |
text/html
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| Fonte: |
Brazilian Journal of Infectious Diseases v.13 n.2 2009
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| Direitos: |
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
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