Outbreak of hospital-adapted clonal complex-17 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strain in a haematology unit: role of rapid typing for early control | Zendy

A. Deplano | Zendy; Olivier Denis | Zendy; C. hoff | Zendy; F. Rost | Zendy; B. Byl | Zendy; F. Jacobs | Zendy; Vanessa Vankerckhoven | Zendy; Herman Goossens | Zendy; Marc Struelens | Zendy

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Outbreak of hospital-adapted clonal complex-17 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strain in a haematology unit: role of rapid typing for early control

Author(s) -

A. Deplano,

Olivier Denis,

C. hoff,

F. Rost,

B. Byl,

F. Jacobs,

Vanessa Vankerckhoven,

Herman Goossens,

Marc Struelens

Publication year - 2007

Publication title -

journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.124

H-Index - 194

eISSN - 1460-2091

pISSN - 0305-7453

DOI - 10.1093/jac/dkm270

Subject(s) - teicoplanin , linezolid , enterococcus faecium , vancomycin , infection control , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , medicine , microbiology and biotechnology , tigecycline , biology , typing , methicillin resistant staphylococcus aureus , hematology , outbreak , antibiotic resistance , drug resistance , antimicrobial , virology , antibiotics , staphylococcus aureus , intensive care medicine , genetics , bacteria

To describe the investigation and molecular characterization of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) strain responsible for a nosocomial outbreak in the haematology unit of a tertiary-care university hospital.

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