Prevalence and Removal Efficiency of Enterococcal Species and Vancomycin-resistant Enterococci of a Hospital Wastewater Treatment Plant

Fatemeh Karimi ¹, Mohammad Reza Samarghandi ¹, Reza Shokoohi ¹, Kazem Godini ¹, Mohammad Reza Arabestani ² *

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