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Diversity of clones and genotypes among vancomycin-resistant clinical Enterococcus isolates recovered in a Spanish hospital.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Oct 2012
López María, Cercenado Emilia, Tenorio Carmen, Ruiz-Larrea Fernanda, Torres Carmen
Abstract excerpt
Forty-three vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) from different patients were recovered in a Spanish Hospital (2003-2010), representing 0.4% of the total of enterococci recovered. Mechanisms detected were vanA (five Enterococcus faecium, two E. faecalis), vanB2 (seven E. faecium, five E. faecalis), vanB1 (one E. faecalis), and vanC1/2 (22 E. gallinarum, 1 E. casseliflavus). Four different Tn1546 structures were...
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