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Regional spread of vanA- or vanB-positive Enterococcus gallinarum in hospitals and long-term care facilities in Kyoto prefecture, Japan.
Epidemiology and infection - 1 Mar 2011
Shirano M, Takakura S, Yamamoto M, Matsumura Y, Matsushima A, Nagao M, Fujihara N, Saito T, Ito Y, Iinuma Y, Shimizu T, Fujita N, Ichiyama S
Abstract excerpt
Following an outbreak of vanA-positive Enterococcus faecium in 2005 in Kyoto prefecture, regional surveillance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) was initiated. This revealed vanA- or vanB-positive Enterococcus gallinarum in multiple facilities. Eighty-eight vanA-positive E. gallinarum faecal carriers from 12 facilities and ten vanB-positive E. gallinarum faecal carriers from eight facilities were found....
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