Erschienen in:
01.03.2010 | Brief Report
A newly described vancomycin-resistant ST412 Enterococcus faecium predominant in Greek hospitals
verfasst von:
A. Damani, D. Klapsa, M. Panopoulou, I. Spiliopoulou, K. Pantelidi, E. Malli, F. Kolonitsiou, S. Grapsa, E. Alepopoulou, F. Frantzidou, E. Vlahaki, C. Koutsia-Carouzou, H. Malamou-Lada, L. Zerva, S. Kartali-Ktenidou, E. D. Anastassiou, A. N. Maniatis, E. Petinaki
Erschienen in:
European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
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Ausgabe 3/2010
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Abstract
A total of 359 vancomycin-resistant enterococci (344 Enterococcus faecium and 15 E. faecalis) collected during 2007 from eight tertiary-care hospitals in Greece were analysed for genotypic characteristics. Four common clones, ST412, ST203, ST16 and ST17, were identified among E. faecium and one clone, ST28, among E. faecalis strains.