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Braz. j. infect. dis
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2(3): 160-3, Jun. 1998.
Article
in English
| LILACS
| ID: lil-243411
ABSTRACT
We report a fatal case of septicemia due to a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a 9 year-old girl with aplastic anemia. The isolate was also resistant to amplicillin, teicoplanin, gentamicin (high level), and streptomycin (high level). We believe that this is the first case of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) reported from a clinical specimen in Brazil.