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A molecular study regarding the spread of vanA vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a tertiary hospital in China.
Journal of global antimicrobial resistance - 1 Dec 2022
Liu Sha, Li Yan, He Ziqiang, Wang Yan, Wang Jing, Jin Dong
Abstract excerpt
OBJECTIVES: Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) are one of the most important bacterial causes of healthcare-associated infections (HAIs). In China, the detection rate of VRE Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) is low, although VREfm had a high prevalence in our hospitals between 2013-2015. In this study, we used molecular typing methods combined with epidemiological data to investigate the spread of VREfm in our...
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