Outbreak of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium clone ST796, Switzerland, December 2017 to April 2018

A large outbreak of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) is affecting four hospitals in the Canton of Bern, Switzerland, since December 2017. Of 89 cases identified as carriers, 77 (86.5%) VRE isolates were virtually indistinguishable using whole genome sequencing, and identified as multilocus seq...

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Autores principales: Wassilew, Nasstasja, Seth-Smith, Helena MB, Rolli, Eveline, Fietze, Yvonne, Casanova, Carlo, Führer, Urs, Egli, Adrian, Marschall, Jonas, Buetti, Niccolò
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control (ECDC) 2018
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Rapid Communication
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6152203/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30043725
http://dx.doi.org/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2018.23.29.1800351

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