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Different levels of genetic homogeneity in vancomycin-resistant and -susceptible Enterococcus faecium isolates from different human and animal sources analyzed by amplified-fragment length polymorphism.
Antimicrobial agents and chemotherapy - 1 Sept 2002
Bruinsma Nienke, Willems Rob J L, van den Bogaard Anthony E, van Santen-Verheuvel Marga, London Nancy, Driessen Christel, Stobberingh Ellen E
Abstract excerpt
The genetic relationship among fecal vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) and vancomycin-susceptible E. faecium (VSEF) isolates (n = 178) from the same populations of pigs, human healthy volunteers, and hospitalized patients (from The Netherlands) and chickens (from The Netherlands and Greece) was studied by amplified-fragment length polymorphism (AFLP). The majority of VREF isolates from pigs,...
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