State-Wide Genomic and Epidemiological Analyses of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in Tasmania’s Public Hospitals

State-Wide Genomic and Epidemiological Analyses of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in Tasmania’s Public Hospitals

From 2015 onwards, the number of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) isolates increased in Tasmania. Previously, we examined the transmission of VREfm at the Royal Hobart Hospital (RHH). In this study, we performed a state-wide analysis of VREfm from Tasmania’s four public acute hospit...

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Main Authors: Kelvin W. C. Leong, Ranmini Kalukottege, Louise A. Cooley, Tara L. Anderson, Anne Wells, Emma Langford, Ronan F. O’Toole
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2020-01-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
Enterococcus faecium
whole genome sequencing
vancomycin
multi-locus sequence typing
single nucleotide polymorphism
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fmicb.2019.02940/full

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