Risk factors associated with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infection or colonization in 145 matched case patients and control patients.

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Published in Clin Infect Dis on October 01, 1996

Authors

N G Tornieporth1, R B Roberts, J John, A Hafner, L W Riley

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1: Department of Medicine, Cornell University Medical College, New York, New York 10021, USA.

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