Spread of the novel vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium strain ST1299/vanA from local level in Germany to cross-border level in Austria, 2018 to 2022

Introduction Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) isolates of sequence type (ST)1299 were described recently in south-eastern German hospitals and rapidly expanded from local to cross-border level. Aim We describe the spread of the novel VREfm strain ST1299/vanA on a genetic, geographic...

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Main Author: Wulf Schneider-Brachert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: European Centre for Disease Prevention and Control 2025-05-01
Series:Eurosurveillance
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Online Access:https://www.eurosurveillance.org/content/10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2025.30.20.2400389
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