| enterococcus gallinarum carrying the vana gene cluster: first report in brazil. | in 2000, enterococcus faecalis resistant to vancomycin was first reported at a tertiary hospital in porto alegre, southern brazil. the resistance spread to other hospitals and surveillance programs were established by hospital infection committees to prevent the spread of vancomycin-resistant enterococci. in february 2002, an isolate initially identified at the genus level as enterococcus was obtained by surveillance culture (rectal swab) from a patient admitted to a hospital for treatment of se ... | 2004 | 15517083 |