Appearance of vanD-positive Enterococcus faecium in a tertiary hospital in the Netherlands: prevalence of vanC and vanD in hospitalized patients
Abstract Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) can rapidly spread through hospitals. Therefore, our hospital employs a screening program whereby rectal swabs are screened for the presence of vanA and vanB, and only PCR-positive broths are cultured on VRE selection agar. Early November 2016, a clinical vanA-/vanB-negative VRE isolate was detected in a vanA/vanB-screening-negative patient, giving the possibility that an undetected VRE might be spreading within our hospital. Whole-genome-sequencing of the isolate showed that resistance was vanD-mediated and core genome multilocus sequence typing... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2019 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Scientific Reports, Vol 9, Iss 1, Pp 1-9 (2019) |
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Nature Portfolio
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Schlagwörter: | Medicine / R / Science / Q |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-26801296 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42824-4 |