High acquisition and environmental contamination rates of CC17 ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Dutch hospital | Zendy

Marieke J. A. de Regt | Zendy; L. E. van der Wagen | Zendy; Janetta Top | Zendy; Hetty E. M. Blok | Zendy; Titia E. M. Hopmans | Zendy; A. W. Dekker | Zendy; Ronald J. Hené | Zendy; Peter D. Siersema | Zendy; Rob J. L. Willems | Zendy; Marc J. M. Bonten | Zendy

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High acquisition and environmental contamination rates of CC17 ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a Dutch hospital

Author(s) -

Marieke J. A. de Regt,

L. E. van der Wagen,

Janetta Top,

Hetty E. M. Blok,

Titia E. M. Hopmans,

A. W. Dekker,

Ronald J. Hené,

Peter D. Siersema,

Rob J. L. Willems,

Marc J. M. Bonten

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/dkn390

Subject(s) - enterococcus faecium , ampicillin , enterococcus , contamination , microbiology and biotechnology , medicine , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , antibiotics , vancomycin , environmental health , biology , bacteria , staphylococcus aureus , ecology , genetics

Enterococcus faecium has rapidly emerged as a nosocomial pathogen worldwide, and the majority of these isolates belong to clonal complex-17 (CC17). In Europe, CC17 isolates are usually ampicillin-resistant, but most are still vancomycin-sensitive. We aimed to study ampicillin-resistant E. faecium (ARE) epidemiology in our hospital.

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