Analysis of VanA vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from Saudi Arabian hospitals reveals the presence of clonal cluster 17 and two new Tn1546 lineage types | Zendy

Mushtaq Ahmad Khan | Zendy; M. van der Wal | Zendy; D. J. Farrell | Zendy; L. Cossins | Zendy; Alex van Belkum | Zendy; A. Alaidan | Zendy; John P. Hays | Zendy

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Analysis of VanA vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from Saudi Arabian hospitals reveals the presence of clonal cluster 17 and two new Tn1546 lineage types

Author(s) -

Mushtaq Ahmad Khan,

M. van der Wal,

D. J. Farrell,

L. Cossins,

Alex van Belkum,

A. Alaidan,

John P. Hays

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/dkn173

Subject(s) - enterococcus faecium , vancomycin , biology , lineage (genetic) , enterococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , cluster (spacecraft) , antibiotics , genetics , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , gene , computer science , programming language

The aim of this study was to characterize 34 vancomycin-resistant VanA Enterococcus faecium isolates obtained from two hospitals in Saudi Arabia and to assess Tn1546 variation within these isolates.

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