Occurrence of vanA/vanM-positive vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in hospital wastewater associated with clinical infections in Guangzhou, China: A genomic epidemiological study

Occurrence of vanA/vanM-positive vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in hospital wastewater associated with clinical infections in Guangzhou, China: A genomic epidemiological study

Background: The emerging ST80 vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) lineage, linked to the increases of clinical infections in China and Japan, raises concerns about environmental transmission. Hospital wastewater systems are recognized reservoirs for antimicrobial-resistant bacteria, bu...

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Main Authors: Liling Zhang, Minxuan Su, Shaowei Meng, Xuan Zhang, Hao Wu, Meina Wu, Xiaojun Ao, Xiaoyue Zhang, Jiehao Lin, Shijia Yu, Yuqi Hong, Xiucheng Zeng, Shuyi Huang, Yuxin Zhang, Bangjie Yang, Ni Zhang, Yueting Jiang, Lingqing Xu, Zhongde Zhang, Cha Chen, Cong Shen
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-06-01
Series:International Journal of Medical Microbiology
Subjects:
Enterococcus faecium
Vancomycin
Hospital wastewater
Molecular epidemiology
Whole-genome sequencing
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1438422125000141
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