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Enterococcal bacteraemia: Epidemiological, microbiological, clinical and prognostic characteristics, and the impact of high level gentamicin resistance

Hila Shaked From the Infectious Diseases Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Yehuda Carmeli From the Infectious Diseases Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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David Schwartz Microbiology Laboratory, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Tel-Aviv, Israel
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Yardena Siegman-Igra From the Infectious Diseases Unit, Tel-Aviv Sourasky Medical Centre, Tel-Aviv, Israel; Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel-Aviv University, Tel-Aviv, IsraelCorrespondence[email protected] [email protected]
Pages 995-1000 | Received 07 May 2006, Published online: 08 Jul 2009

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