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. 1996 Sep;49(9):700–703. doi: 10.1136/jcp.49.9.700

Resistant enterococci--mechanisms, laboratory detection and control in hospitals.

J J Wade 1, A H Uttley 1
PMCID: PMC500716  PMID: 9038751

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