Vancomycin-resistant enterococcal colonization appears associated with increased mortality among allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplant recipients.

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Published in Bone Marrow Transplant on December 17, 2007

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A Zirakzadeh1, D A Gastineau, J N Mandrekar, J P Burke, P B Johnston, R Patel

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1: Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic College of Medicine, Rochester, MN 55905, USA.

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