Appearance of vanD-positive Enterococcus faecium in a tertiary hospital in the Netherlands: prevalence of vanC and vanD in hospitalized patients

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) can rapidly spread through hospitals. Therefore, our hospital employs a screening program whereby rectal swabs are screened for the presence of vanA and vanB, and only PCR-positive broths are cultured on VRE selection agar. Early November 2016, a clinical vanA-...

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Published in:	Scientific reports 2019-05, Vol.9 (1), p.6949-6949, Article 6949
Main Authors:	Flipse, Jacky, von Wintersdorff, Christian J H, van Niekerk, Julius M, Jamin, Casper, van Tiel, Frank H, Hasman, Henrik, van Alphen, Lieke B
Format:	Article
Language:	eng
Subjects:	Bacterial Proteins - genetics Cross Infection Enterococcus faecium - classification Enterococcus faecium - drug effects Enterococcus faecium - genetics Genomes Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - diagnosis Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - drug therapy Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - epidemiology Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections - microbiology Hospitals Humans Male Middle Aged Multilocus sequence typing Netherlands - epidemiology Nucleotide sequence Patients Peptide Synthases - genetics Phylogeny Prevalence Public Health Surveillance Rectum Severity of Illness Index Tertiary Care Centers Vancomycin Vancomycin Resistance Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
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