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Comparative analysis of the complete genome of an epidemic hospital sequence type 203 clone of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium.
BMC genomics - 1 Sept 2013
Lam Margaret M C, Seemann Torsten, Tobias Nicholas J, Chen Honglei, Haring Volker, Moore Robert J, Ballard Susan, Grayson Lindsay M, Johnson Paul D R, Howden Benjamin P, Stinear Timothy P
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BACKGROUND: In this report we have explored the genomic and microbiological basis for a sustained increase in bloodstream infections at a major Australian hospital caused by Enterococcus faecium multi-locus sequence type (ST) 203, an outbreak strain that has largely replaced a predecessor ST17 sequence type. RESULTS: To establish a ST203 reference sequence we fully assembled and annotated the genome of Aus0085, a...
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