Insertion Sequence–Driven Diversification Creates a Globally Dispersed Emerging Multiresistant Subspecies of E. faecium

Enterococcus faecium, an ubiquous colonizer of humans and animals, has evolved in the last 15 years from an avirulent commensal to the third most frequently isolated nosocomial pathogen among intensive care unit patients in the United States. E. faecium combines multidrug resistance with the potenti...

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Autores principales: Leavis, Helen L, Willems, Rob J. L, van Wamel, Willem J. B, Schuren, Frank H, Caspers, Martien P. M, Bonten, Marc J. M
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2007
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1781477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17257059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030007

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1781477/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/17257059
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.ppat.0030007

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