Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated from a hospital in Beijing, China

Objective: To investigate the occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolated from patients in Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China from 2011 to 2017, and to evaluate their resistance mechanisms and genetic relatedness. Methods: All isolates were identified using matri...

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Main Authors: Hong-Li Sun, Chang Liu, Jing-Jia Zhang, Yu-Ming Zhou, Ying-Chun Xu
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2019-06-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118218305322