Hospital and Community Ampicillin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Are Evolutionarily Closely Linked but Have Diversified through Niche Adaptation

BACKGROUND: Ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (ARE) has emerged as a nosocomial pathogen. Here, we quantified ARE carriage in different community sources and determined genetic relatedness with hospital ARE. METHODS AND RESULTS: ARE was recovered from rectal swabs of 24 of 79 (30%) dogs, 11...

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Autores principales: de Regt, Marieke J. A., van Schaik, Willem, van Luit-Asbroek, Miranda, Dekker, Huberta A. T., van Duijkeren, Engeline, Koning, Catherina J. M., Bonten, Marc J. M., Willems, Rob J. L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030319

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3281830/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22363425
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0030319

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