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    Glycopeptide Antibiotics

    Vancomycin and teicoplanin are still the only glycopeptide antibiotics available for use in humans. Emergence of resistance in enterococci and staphylococci has led to restriction of their use to severe infect...

    Dr Françoise Van Bambeke, Yves Van Laethem, Patrice Courvalin, Paul M. Tulkens in Drugs (2004)

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    Glycopeptide Resistance in Enterococci

    Enterococci are part of the normal intestinal fl ora of humans and various animals. They are found in the feces of a high proportion of healthy adults. Enterococci are able to grow in variable environmental co...

    Bruno Périchon, Patrice Courvalin in Antimicrobial Drug Resistance (2009)