2561. Using Whole Genome Sequencing to Assess the Emergence of Antibiotic Resistance During Treatment of Enterococcus faecium and Enterococcus faecalis Bacteremia at Mount Sinai Hospital

BACKGROUND: Multidrug-resistant Enterococci are a major cause of nosocomial infections, yet our understanding of how resistance emerges during antibiotic treatment remains incomplete. We performed whole- and complete-genome sequencing of all paired isolates from 11 Enterococcus faecium and 10 Entero...

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Autores principales: Chacko, Kieran, Beckford, Colleen, Molina, Carlotta Calvi, Van Bakel, Harm
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Oxford University Press 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6252423/
http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/ofid/ofy209.169

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