Molecular Characterization of Glycopeptide-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates from Portuguese Hospitals
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- 1 July 2005
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Microbiology in Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy
- Vol. 49 (7), 3073-3079
- https://doi.org/10.1128/aac.49.7.3073-3079.2005
Abstract
Fifty-one pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types and 17 Tn 1546 variants were identified among 101 Enterococcus faecium isolates recovered in three distant Portuguese hospitals. Intra- and interhospital dissemination of specific strains and Tn 1546 types was detected, which might largely contribute to the endemicity of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium in Portuguese hospitals, as happened previously in other geographical locations.Keywords
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