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Genomic Epidemiology of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) in Latin America: Revisiting The Global VRE Population Structure.
Scientific reports - 27 Mar 2020
Rios Rafael, Reyes Jinnethe, Carvajal Lina P, Rincon Sandra, Panesso Diana, Echeverri Aura M, Dinh An, Kolokotronis Sergios-Orestis, Narechania Apurva, Tran Truc T, Munita Jose M, Murray Barbara E, Planet Paul J, Arias Cesar A, Diaz Lorena
Abstract excerpt
Little is known about the population structure of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) in Latin America (LATAM). Here, we provide a complete genomic characterization of 55 representative Latin American VREfm recovered from 1998-2015 in 5 countries. The LATAM VREfm population is structured into two main clinical clades without geographical clustering. Using the LATAM genomes, we reconstructed the...
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