Nosocomial outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a paediatric unit at a Turkish university hospital | Zendy

A. Ergani-Ozcan | Zendy; Thierry Naas | Zendy; BO Baysan | Zendy; Dilara Öğünç | Zendy; Dilara İnan | Zendy; Dilek Çolak | Zendy; Patrice Nordmann | Zendy

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Nosocomial outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a paediatric unit at a Turkish university hospital

Author(s) -

A. Ergani-Ozcan,

Thierry Naas,

BO Baysan,

Dilara Öğünç,

Dilara İnan,

Dilek Çolak,

Patrice Nordmann

Publication year - 2008

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/dkn066

Subject(s) - multilocus sequence typing , teicoplanin , enterococcus faecium , microbiology and biotechnology , glycopeptide , vancomycin , biology , enterococcus , outbreak , genotype , virology , medicine , antibiotics , staphylococcus aureus , gene , bacteria , genetics

Despite growing concern about vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) as nosocomial pathogens, especially in the USA, they have been rarely isolated in Turkish hospitals. After initial description in 2001 of unrelated VRE isolates, we report now the molecular characterization of a nosocomial outbreak at the Akdeniz University Hospital, Antalya, Turkey.

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