An Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a City Hospital Intensive Care Unit: Molecular Characterization of Resistance
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Materials and Methods
3. Results
4. Discussion
5. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Institutional Review Board Statement
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
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Şenol, F.F.; Tanrıverdi, E.S.; Aytaç, Ö.; Aşçı Toraman, Z.; Otlu, B. An Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a City Hospital Intensive Care Unit: Molecular Characterization of Resistance. Medicina 2023, 59, 2081. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59122081
Şenol FF, Tanrıverdi ES, Aytaç Ö, Aşçı Toraman Z, Otlu B. An Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a City Hospital Intensive Care Unit: Molecular Characterization of Resistance. Medicina. 2023; 59(12):2081. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59122081
Chicago/Turabian StyleŞenol, Feray Ferda, Elif Seren Tanrıverdi, Özlem Aytaç, Zulal Aşçı Toraman, and Barış Otlu. 2023. "An Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a City Hospital Intensive Care Unit: Molecular Characterization of Resistance" Medicina 59, no. 12: 2081. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59122081
APA StyleŞenol, F. F., Tanrıverdi, E. S., Aytaç, Ö., Aşçı Toraman, Z., & Otlu, B. (2023). An Outbreak of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in a City Hospital Intensive Care Unit: Molecular Characterization of Resistance. Medicina, 59(12), 2081. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina59122081