First Report of the Local Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Ascribed to the Interspecies Transmission of a <italic toggle="yes">vanA</italic> Gene Cluster-Carrying Linear Plasmid

First Report of the Local Spread of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci Ascribed to the Interspecies Transmission of a <italic toggle="yes">vanA</italic> Gene Cluster-Carrying Linear Plasmid

ABSTRACT 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. r...

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Autores principales: Yusuke Hashimoto, Izumi Kita, Masato Suzuki, Hidetada Hirakawa, Hirofumi Ohtaki, Haruyoshi Tomita
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Lenguaje:EN
Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2020
Materias:
vancomycin-resistant enterococci
conjugative linear plasmid
local spread
interspecies transmission
Microbiology
QR1-502
Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/1692b5982475427995214626ca58adc5
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