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... > Bacteria > Firmicutes > Lactobacillales > Enterococcaceae > Enterococcus > Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
... > Bacteria > Gram-Positive Bacteria > Lactobacillales > Enterococcaceae > Enterococcus > Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Preferred term

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci  

Type

  • mesh:Descriptor

Definition

  • Strains of the genus Enterococcus that are resistant to the antibiotic VANCOMYCIN. The enterococci become resistant by acquiring plasmids carrying genes for VANCOMYCIN RESISTANCE.

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Entry terms

  • Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci

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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/JVR-C2Z4582R-Z

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