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A Nosocomial Cluster of Tigecycline- and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates and the Impact of rpsJ and tet(M) Mutations on Tigecycline Resistance.
Microbial drug resistance (Larchmont, N.Y.) - 1 Jun 2020
Bender Jennifer K, Klare Ingo, Fleige Carola, Werner Guido
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Tigecycline-resistant enterococci are only rarely detected worldwide. In 2017, the National Reference Centre for Staphylococci and Enterococci noticed a nosocomial cluster of tigecycline- and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (TVRE) in a hospital of tertiary care in Northern Germany. Nineteen E. faecium isolates were analyzed by means of antimicrobial susceptibility testing and pulsed-field gel...
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