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Prevalence of Diverse Clones of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium ST78 in a Chinese Hospital.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jun 2016
Yang Jiyong, Jiang Yufeng, Guo Ling, Ye LIyan, Ma Yanning, Luo Yanping
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) has been identified in China. However, little is known about the spread of VRE isolates. METHODS: The genetic relatedness of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) isolates was analyzed by pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), their antimicrobial susceptibilities were analyzed by E-test and the VITEK 2 AST-GP67 test Kit, and their sequence types...
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