Clonal spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium between patients in three hospitals in two states.
The DNAs of 3* vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from five hospitals in three states were analyzed by contour-clamped homogeneous electric field electrophoresis and plasmid analysis. There were 22 strain types. One strain type was common to patients in three hospitals in two states. These results suggest the apparent intra- and interhospital spread of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium.
Chow
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Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201.
Kuritza
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Shlaes
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Green
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Sahm
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Zervos
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D015373:Bacterial Typing Techniques; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D004269:DNA, Bacterial / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D004352:Drug Resistance, Microbial; D004586:Electrophoresis; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000145:classification / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000453:epidemiology / Q000382:microbiology* / Q000635:transmission; D006801:Humans; D007087:Illinois / Q000453:epidemiology; D008824:Michigan / Q000453:epidemiology; D010957:Plasmids / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D013045:Species Specificity; D014640:Vancomycin / Q000494:pharmacology
D004269:DNA, Bacterial; D014640:Vancomycin