A sustained hospital outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia due to emergence of vanB E. faecium sequence type 203.

Johnson, Paul D R

A sustained hospital outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium bacteremia due to emergence of vanB E. faecium sequence type 203. [electronic resource] - The Journal of infectious diseases Oct 2010 - 1278-86 p. digital

Publication Type: Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

1537-6613

10.1086/656319 doi


Anti-Bacterial Agents--pharmacology
Australia--epidemiology
Bacteremia--drug therapy
Bacterial Proteins--genetics
Bacterial Typing Techniques
Communicable Diseases, Emerging--microbiology
Cross Infection--drug therapy
Disease Outbreaks
Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field
Enterococcus faecium--classification
Genomics
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections--drug therapy
Humans
Incidence
Meropenem
Microbial Sensitivity Tests
Phylogeny
Thienamycins--therapeutic use
Vancomycin--therapeutic use
Vancomycin Resistance--genetics