Genomic characterisation of emerging Enterococcus faecium vanA types from 2013 to 2020 in an Australian public hospital

Genomic characterisation of emerging Enterococcus faecium vanA types from 2013 to 2020 in an Australian public hospital

Objective: High rates of resistance to vancomycin are now being reported among invasive isolates of Enterococcus faecium, a major cause of healthcare-associated infections globally. The objective of this study was to generate a better understanding of emerging vanA sequence types (ST) of the pathoge...

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Main Authors: Ronan F. O'Toole, Vitalie Covalciuc, Ana Cooke, Gaetan Thilliez, Emma K. Finlay, Kelvin W.C. Leong, Vanessa Farthing, Sebastiaan J. van Hal
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-05-01
Series:Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance
Subjects:
Healthcare-associated infection
Vancomycin
Multi-locus sequence typing
Whole genome sequencing
Antibiotic resistance
Virulence
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213716525000426
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