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Drug Resistance
Research on drug resistance detailed by scientists at University of Brighton
April 29th, 2008
"The occurrence and diversity of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) in wastewaters from the Brighton and Hove area of south-east U.K. were investigated. VRE were recovered from 71% of raw urban wastewater samples, 22% of treated urban wastewater samples, 15% of hospital wastewater sample and 33% of farm wastewater samples," scientists in Brighton, the United Kingdom report. "Two hundred and eighty-eight isolates were typed and identified and the minimum inhibitory concentrations (MICs) to six antibiotics were determined for selected VRE. Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) strains with a vancomycin MIC of more than 32 mu g ml(-1) were examined by...
Source: TB & Outbreaks Week (2008-04-29)
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