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Analysis of VanA vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from Saudi Arabian hospitals reveals the presence of clonal cluster 17 and two new Tn1546 lineage types.
The Journal of antimicrobial chemotherapy - 1 Aug 2008
Khan Mushtaq A, van der Wal Martin, Farrell David J, Cossins Luke, van Belkum Alex, Alaidan Alwaleed, Hays John P
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OBJECTIVES: The aim of this study was to characterize 34 vancomycin-resistant VanA Enterococcus faecium isolates obtained from two hospitals in Saudi Arabia and to assess Tn1546 variation within these isolates. METHODS: PFGE and multilocus sequence typing (MLST) genotypes, antibiotic susceptibili...
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