Molecular Characterisation of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates Belonging to the Lineage ST117/CT24 Causing Hospital Outbreaks

Molecular Characterisation of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates Belonging to the Lineage ST117/CT24 Causing Hospital Outbreaks

Background: Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) is a successful nosocomial pathogen. The current molecular method recommended in the Netherlands for VREfm typing is based on core genome Multilocus sequence typing (cgMLST), however, the rapid emergence of specific VREfm lineages challen...

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Main Authors: Paola Lisotto, Natacha Couto, Sigrid Rosema, Mariëtte Lokate, Xuewei Zhou, Erik Bathoorn, Hermie J. M. Harmsen, Alexander W. Friedrich, John W. A. Rossen, Monika A. Chlebowicz-Fliss
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2021-09-01
Series:Frontiers in Microbiology
Subjects:
vancomycin-resistant
Enterococcus faecium
outbreak
mobile genetic elements
typing
cgMLST
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fmicb.2021.728356/full

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