Molecular Analysis of VanA Outbreak of Enterococcus faecium in Two Warsaw Hospitals: The Importance of Mobile Genetic Elements

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium represents a growing threat in hospital-acquired infections. Two outbreaks of this pathogen from neighboring Warsaw hospitals have been analyzed in this study. Pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) of SmaI-digested DNA, multilocus VNTR analysis (MLVA), and...

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Main Authors: Ewa Wardal, Katarzyna Markowska, Dorota Żabicka, Marta Wróblewska, Małgorzata Giemza, Ewa Mik, Hanna Połowniak-Pracka, Agnieszka Woźniak, Waleria Hryniewicz, Ewa Sadowy
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2014-01-01
Series:BioMed Research International
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/575367