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Isolation of vancomycin-resistant lactobacilli from three neutropenic patients with pneumonia

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  1. Department of Infectious Diseases and Bacteriology, Royal Postgraduate Medical School, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, W12 ONN, London, UK

    S. Sriskandan & S. Lacey

  2. Department of Medical Microbiology, University of Kiel, Brunswikerstrasse 4, 24105, Kiel, Germany

    L. Fischer

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Sriskandan, S., Lacey, S. & Fischer, L. Isolation of vancomycin-resistant lactobacilli from three neutropenic patients with pneumonia. Eur. J. Clin. Microbiol. Infect. Dis. 12, 649–650 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01973653

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