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Population structure and acquisition of the vanB resistance determinant in German clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium ST192
23 Feb 2016
Abstract excerpt
In the context of the global action plan to reduce the dissemination of antibiotic resistances it is of utmost importance to understand the population structure of resistant endemic bacterial lineages and to elucidate how bacteria acquire certain resistance determinants. Vancomycin resistant enterococci represent one such example of a prominent nosocomial pathogen on which nation-wide population analyses on...
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