Microbiological and clinical characteristics of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteraemia in Taiwan: implication of sequence type for prognosis | Zendy

ChingLiang Lu | Zendy; YuChung Chuang | Zendy; H.-C. Chang | Zendy; YeeChun Chen | Zendy; JannTay Wang | Zendy; ShanChwen Chang | Zendy

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Microbiological and clinical characteristics of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteraemia in Taiwan: implication of sequence type for prognosis

Author(s) -

ChingLiang Lu,

YuChung Chuang,

H.-C. Chang,

YeeChun Chen,

JannTay Wang,

ShanChwen Chang

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/dks181

Subject(s) - enterococcus faecium , daptomycin , multilocus sequence typing , linezolid , medicine , bacteremia , genotyping , enterococcus , mortality rate , vancomycin , vancomycin resistant enterococcus , microbiology and biotechnology , antibiotics , biology , genotype , staphylococcus aureus , biochemistry , genetics , bacteria , gene

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE), particularly vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm), have emerged among the leading pathogens causing hospital-acquired infections worldwide. We aimed to examine whether there were newly introduced clones contributing to this increase and to assess the risk factors for mortality in patients with VREfm bacteraemia.

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