Polyclonal emergence of vanA vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Australia

Objectives: To investigate the genetic context associated with the emergence of vanA VRE in Australia. Methods: The whole genomes of 18 randomly selected vanA-positive Enterococcus faecium patient isolates, collected between 2011 and 2013 from hospitals in four Australian capitals, were sequenced an...

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Main Authors: van Hal, S., Espedido, B., Coombs, Geoffrey, Howden, B., Korman, T., Nimmo, G., Gosbell, I., Jensen, S.
Format: Journal Article
Published: Oxford University Press 2017
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/67550