Appearance of vanD-positive Enterococcus faecium in a tertiary hospital in the Netherlands: prevalence of vanC and vanD in hospitalized patients

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) can rapidly spread through hospitals. Therefore, our hospital employs a screening program whereby rectal swabs are screened for the presence of vanA and vanB, and only PCR-positive broths are cultured on VRE selection agar. Early November 2016, a clinical vanA-...

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Autores principales: Flipse, Jacky, von Wintersdorff, Christian J. H., van Niekerk, Julius M., Jamin, Casper, van Tiel, Frank H., Hasman, Henrik, van Alphen, Lieke B.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31061446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42824-4

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6502811/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31061446
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-42824-4

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