Genomic analysis of 495 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium reveals broad dissemination of a vanA plasmid in more than 19 clones from Copenhagen, Denmark

Journal of Antimicrobial Chemotherapy

Volumn 72, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 40-47

  Pinholt, Mette ^a,b   Gumpert, Heidi ^a   Bayliss, Sion ^c   Nielsen, Jesper B ^a   Vorobieva, Veronika ^d   Pedersen, Michael ^e   Feil, Edward ^c   Worning, Peder ^a   Westh, Henrik ^a,b  

^a HVIDOVRE HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^c University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^d International Center for Research and Research Training in Endocrine Disruption of Male Reproduction and Child Health   (Denmark)

^e GENTOFTE UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BACTERIAL COLONIZATION; BACTERIUM ISOLATE; CLONE; DENMARK; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; GENE SEQUENCE; GENETIC EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOME ANALYSIS; HORIZONTAL GENE TRANSFER; HOSPITAL; HUMAN; NONHUMAN; PHYLOGENY; PLASMID; TRANSPOSON; VANA GENE; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS; VANCOMYCIN RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; WARD; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; ANALYSIS; CHILD; CLASSIFICATION; DNA SEQUENCE; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MICROBIOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PRESCHOOL CHILD; VERY ELDERLY; YOUNG ADULT;

BACTERIAL PROTEIN; LIGASE; TRANSPOSON; VANA LIGASE, BACTERIA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; CARBON-OXYGEN LIGASES; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; DENMARK; DNA TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENTS; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; FEMALE; GENE TRANSFER, HORIZONTAL; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; GRAM-POSITIVE BACTERIAL INFECTIONS; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; MOLECULAR EPIDEMIOLOGY; MOLECULAR TYPING; PHYLOGENY; PLASMIDS; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; VANCOMYCIN-RESISTANT ENTEROCOCCI; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 85014570977     PISSN: 03057453     EISSN: 14602091     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkw360     Document Type: Article

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