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Medical Definition of Vancomycin resistant enterococcus
1. A form of intestinal bacteria (formerly classed under streptococcus faecalis) which is not sensitive to the big gun antibiotic, vancomycin. This organism is usually only fatal in those who are, for reasons of age or infirmity, immunosuppressed. The pathology of the illness is exacerbated when haemosepsis (blood-stream infection) develops. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Vancomycin Resistant Enterococcus
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