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Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant enterococcus faecium isolates from mainland China.
Journal of clinical microbiology - 1 Sept 2007
Zheng Bo, Tomita Haruyoshi, Xiao Yong Hong, Wang Shan, Li Yun, Ike Yasuyoshi
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about vancomycin-resistant enterococci in China. Thirteen pulsed-field gel electrophoresis-confirmed heterogeneous VanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) isolates were obtained from five Chinese hospitals from 2001 to 2005. The isolates were typed by multilocus sequence typing into nine different sequence types (STs), including five new STs (ST18, ST25, ST78, ST203, ST320,...
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