Open AccessIndividual variability in finger‐to‐finger transmission efficiency of Enterococcus faecium clones
Author(s) -
del Campo Rosa,
SánchezDíaz Ana María,
Zamora Javier,
Torres Carmen,
Cintas Luis María,
Franco Elvira,
Cantón Rafael,
Baquero Fernando
Publication year - 2014
Publication title -
microbiologyopen
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.881
H-Index - 36
ISSN - 2045-8827
DOI - 10.1002/mbo3.156
Subject(s) - enterococcus faecium , transmission (telecommunications) , biology , microbiology and biotechnology , computer science , telecommunications , antibiotics
A fingertip‐to‐fingertip intraindividual transmission experiment was carried out in 30 healthy volunteers, using four MLST ‐typed Enterococcus faecium clones. Overall results showed an adequate fit goodness to a theoretical exponential model, whereas four volunteers (13%) exhibited a significantly higher finger‐to‐finger bacterial transmission efficiency. This observation might have deep consequences in nosocomial epidemiology.