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Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium at a university hospital in Taiwan, 2002-2015: Fluctuation of genetic populations and emergence of a new structure type of the Tn1546-like element.
Journal of microbiology, immunology, and infection = Wei mian yu gan ran za zhi - 1 Dec 2018
Kuo An-Jing, Shu Jwu-Ching, Liu Tsui-Ping, Lu Jang-Jih, Lee Ming-Hsun, Wu Ting-Shu, Su Lin-Hui, Wu Tsu-Lan
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND/PURPOSES: Vancomycin resistance increased significantly to 31.3% among Enterococcus faecium in 2006 and remained high thereafter at a university hospital in Taiwan. A longitudinal study was retrospectively conducted to characterize these vancomycin-resistant E. faecium (VRE-fm). METHODS: A total of 378 non-repetitive VRE-fm blood isolates collected during 2002-2015 were studied. Multilocus sequence...
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