Clonal outbreak of ST17 multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium harbouring an Inc18-like::Tn1546 plasmid in a haemo-oncology ward of a Spanish hospital | Zendy

Sylvia Valdezate | Zendy; C. Miranda | Zendy; Avarro | Zendy; Ana R. Freitas | Zendy; Jorge Julio Cabrera | Zendy; Gema Carrasco | Zendy; Teresa M. Coque | Zendy; E. Jimenez-Romano | Zendy; Juan Antonio Sáez-Nieto | Zendy

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Clonal outbreak of ST17 multidrug-resistant Enterococcus faecium harbouring an Inc18-like::Tn1546 plasmid in a haemo-oncology ward of a Spanish hospital

Author(s) -

Sylvia Valdezate,

C. Miranda,

Avarro,

Ana R. Freitas,

Jorge Julio Cabrera,

Gema Carrasco,

Teresa M. Coque,

E. Jimenez-Romano,

Juan Antonio Sáez-Nieto

Publication year - 2012

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/dkr545

Subject(s) - multilocus sequence typing , multiple loci vntr analysis , enterococcus faecium , plasmid , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , vancomycin , pulsed field gel electrophoresis , amp resistance , clone (java method) , antibiotic resistance , genetics , variable number tandem repeat , virology , gene , antibiotics , staphylococcus aureus , bacteria , genotype

To report a clonal outbreak of ST17 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) carrying Tn1546 (vanA) in a haemo-oncology ward of a tertiary teaching hospital in the south of Spain (January-September 2009).

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