Werner, Guido The current MLVA typing scheme for Enterococcus faecium is less discriminatory than MLST and PFGE for epidemic-virulent, hospital-adapted clonal types. [electronic resource] - BMC microbiology Apr 2007 - 28 p. digital Publication Type: Comparative Study; Journal Article ISSN: 1471-2180 Standard No.: 10.1186/1471-2180-7-28 doi Subjects--Topical Terms: Bacterial Typing Techniques--methodsDisease OutbreaksElectrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field--methodsEnterococcus faecium--classificationGermany--epidemiologyGram-Positive Bacterial Infections--epidemiologyHospitalsHumansPhylogenyVirulence