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INTRODUCTION Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) have recently emer- ged as important nosocomial pathogens that mainly affect patients with severe underlying diseases

Enterococci are a common cause of urinary tract infection and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus sp. (VRE) can cause a spectrum of disease including symptomatic infection,

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82 www.annlabmed.org http://dx.doi.org/10.3343/alm.2012.32.1.82 Case Report Clinical Microbiology ISSN 2234-3806 • eISSN 2234-3814 Characterization of a Vancomycin-resistant

Abstract Antibiotic-resistant infections constitute a significant portion of severe childhood infections. A gradually increasing resistance and treatment difficulty are observed