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Spread of ampicillin/vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium of the epidemic-virulent clonal complex-17 carrying the genes esp and hyl in German hospitals.
European journal of clinical microbiology & infectious diseases : official publication of the European Society of Clinical Microbiology - 1 Dec 2005
Klare I, Konstabel C, Mueller-Bertling S, Werner G, Strommenger B, Kettlitz C, Borgmann S, Schulte B, Jonas D, Serr A, Fahr A M, Eigner U, Witte W
Abstract excerpt
The incidence of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolation was low (<or=5%) in German hospitals before 2003. Within the second half of 2003 and the first half of 2004, however, increasing frequencies of up to 14% were noticed in several hospitals in southwestern Germany. This increase was attributed mainly to the occurrence and spread of epidemic-virulent ampicillin/vancomycin-resistant, vanA- and...
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