Multiple hospital outbreaks of vanA Enterococcus faecium in Denmark, 2012-13, investigated by WGS, MLST and PFGE

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 70, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 2474-2482

  Pinholt, Mette ^a,b   Larner Svensson, Hanna ^c   Littauer, Pia ^a   Moser, Claus E ^d   Pedersen, Michael ^e   Lemming, Lars E ^f   Ejlertsen, Tove ^g   Søndergaard, Turid S ^h   Holzknecht, Barbara J ⁱ   Justesen, Ulrik S ^j   Dzajic, Esad ^k   Olsen, Stefan S ^c   Nielsen, Jesper B ^a   Worning, Peder ^a   Hammerum, Anette M ^c   Westh, Henrik ^a,b   Jakobsen, Lotte ^c  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c STATENS SERUM INSTITUT   (Denmark)

^d Rigshospitalet   (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^f AARHUS UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^g AALBORG UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^h VIBORG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

ⁱ SLAGELSE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^j ODENSE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^k Esbjerg University Hospital   (Denmark)

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Author keywords

Resistance; Surveillance; Typing methods

Indexed keywords

ABDOMINAL SURGERY; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GASTROENTEROLOGY; GENOMICS; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; INFECTION CONTROL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; CHEMISTRY; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; CROSS INFECTION; EPIDEMIC; FEMALE; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIAL DNA; BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; VANA LIGASE, BACTERIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; CROSS INFECTION; DENMARK; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; DNA, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84947807215     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkv142     Document Type: Article

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