A decade of genomic history for healthcare-associated Enterococcus faecium in the United Kingdom and Ireland

Genome Research

Volumn 26, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 1388-1396

  Raven, Kathy E ^a   Reuter, Sandra ^a,b   Reynolds, Rosy ^c,d   Brodrick, Hayley J ^a   Russell, Julie E ^e   Török, M Estée ^a,f,g   Parkhill, Julian ^b   Peacock, Sharon J ^a,b,g,h  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b WELLCOME TRUST SANGER INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c 11 the Wharf   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTHMEAD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^e PUBLIC HEALTH ENGLAND   (United Kingdom)

^f ADDENBROOKE S HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^g CAMBRIDGE UNIVERSITY HOSPITALS NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^h LONDON SCHOOL OF HYGIENE AND TROPICAL MEDICINE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL GENOME; BACTERIAL VIRULENCE; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; ENTEROCOCCAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOMICS; HEALTHCARE ASSOCIATED INFECTION; HUMAN; IRELAND; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MOLECULAR PHYLOGENY; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTILOCUS SEQUENCE TYPING; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; POPULATION STRUCTURE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM; TRANSPOSON; UNITED KINGDOM; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; VANCOMYCIN SUSCEPTIBLE ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; WHOLE GENOME SEQUENCING; ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; GENETICS; GRAM POSITIVE INFECTION; INFECTION CONTROL; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; PATHOGENICITY; PHYLOGENY; PROCEDURES;

ANTIINFECTIVE AGENT; VANCOMYCIN;

ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; DRUG RESISTANCE, BACTERIAL; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; GENOME, BACTERIAL; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; INFECTION CONTROL; PHYLOGENY; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; UNITED KINGDOM; VANCOMYCIN;

EID: 84989811044     PISSN: 10889051     EISSN: 15495469     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1101/gr.204024.116     Document Type: Article

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