title: First report of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecalis in Uberaba, Minas gerais state.
abstract: In this study we report the first isolation of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecalis strains from two different patients hospitalized in the same intensive care unit at the hospital of Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro (UFTM), Uberaba, Minas Gerais, Brazil.
authors.affiliation: Universidade Federal do Triângulo Mineiro , Uberaba, MG , Brasil.
authors.forename: Natália
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Conceição
authors.forename: Ana Lúcia
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: da Costa Darini
authors.forename: Izabel Cristina Vanzato
authors.initials: IC
authors.lastname: Palazzo
authors.forename: Cristina da Cunha Hueb Barata
authors.initials: Cda C
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
authors.forename: Adriana Gonçalves
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: de Oliveira
keywords: Enterococcus faecalis; van A genotyping; vancomycin resistance
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