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

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Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci  

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  • Topical Descriptor

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Entry terms

  • Vancomycin Resistant Enterococci

Note

  • coordinate with species of Enterococcus if relevant

Scope note

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

History note

  • 2015

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http://www.yso.fi/onto/mesh/D065507

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