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Whole genome characterization of a naturally occurring vancomycin-dependent Enterococcus faecium from a patient with bacteremia.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2017
Mitchell Stephanie L, Mattei Lisa M, Alby Kevin
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Vancomycin-dependent enterococci are a relatively uncommon phenotype recovered in the clinical laboratory. Recognition and recovery of these isolates are important, to provide accurate identification and susceptibility information to treating physicians. Herein, we describe the recovery of a vancomycin-dependent and revertant E. faecium isolates harboring vanB operon from a patient with bacteremia. Using whole...
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