Molecular characterization of the vanD gene cluster and a novel insertion element in a vancomycin-resistant enterococcus isolated in Canada.

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Published in J Clin Microbiol on June 01, 2000

Authors

D A Boyd1, J Conly, H Dedier, G Peters, L Robertson, E Slater, M R Mulvey

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1: Canadian Science Centre for Human and Animal Health, Bureau of Microbiology, Laboratory Centre for Disease Control, Health Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba.

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