Treatment Options for Vancomycin- Resistant Enterococcal Infections
- 1 January 2002
- journal article
- review article
- Published by Springer Nature in Drugs
- Vol. 62 (3) , 425-441
- https://doi.org/10.2165/00003495-200262030-00002
Abstract
Serious infection with vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) usually occurs in patients with significantly compromised host defences and serious comorbidities, and this magnifies the importance of...Keywords
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