First Report of the Local Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Ascribed to the Interspecies Transmission of a vanA Gene Cluster-Carrying Linear Plasmid

Vancomycin-resistant enterococci pose a threat in the clinical setting and have been linked to hospital outbreaks worldwide. In 2017, a local spread of VanA-type vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) occurred in Japan, and 25 enterococcal isolates, including 14 Enterococcus faecium, 8 E. raffinosus...

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Autores principales: Hashimoto, Yusuke, Kita, Izumi, Suzuki, Masato, Hirakawa, Hidetada, Ohtaki, Hirofumi, Tomita, Haruyoshi
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2020
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Research Article
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7142295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32269153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00102-20

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7142295/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32269153
http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/mSphere.00102-20

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