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Different VanA Elements in E. faecalis and in E. faecium Suggest at Least Two Origins of Tn1546 Among VRE in a Brazilian Hospital.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jun 2015
Merlo Thaís Panhan, Dabul Andrei Nicoli Gebieluca, Camargo Ilana Lopes Baratella Cunha
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In 2009 during surveillance in a Brazilian hospital, many patients were confirmed to be colonized by vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) and a few infection cases occurred. Among 14 isolates of Enterococcus faecalis, most had the same pulsotype, virulence profile (agg(+)elrA(+)gelE(+)), and were sequence type (ST)103, indicating dissemination of a clone. The 47 Enterococcus faecium were separated into four...
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