title: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci among clinical isolates from north-west Iran: identification of therapeutic surrogates.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.|Research Center of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Yaeghob
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Sharifi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.|Research Center of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Alka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasani
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Reza
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Ghotaslou
authors.affiliation: Department of Infectious Diseases, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.|Research Center of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mojtaba
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Varshochi
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.|Research Center of Infectious Diseases and Tropical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Akbar
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Hasani
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad Hossein
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Soroush
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Mohammad
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Aghazadeh
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmacy, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.|Department of Clinical Microbiology, Faculty of Medicine, Tabriz University of Medical Science, Tabriz, Iran.
authors.forename: Morteza
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Milani
mesh_terms: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology*; D006801:Humans; D007492:Iran / Q000453:epidemiology; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D015995:Prevalence; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance
chemical_list: D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents; D014640:Vancomycin