A newly described vancomycin-resistant ST412 Enterococcus faecium predominant in Greek hospitals.
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.
Damani
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Department of Molecular Microbiology, Institute of Biomedical Research and Technology, Larissa, Greece.
Klapsa
D
D
Panopoulou
M
M
Spiliopoulou
I
I
Pantelidi
K
K
Malli
E
E
Kolonitsiou
F
F
Grapsa
S
S
Alepopoulou
E
E
Frantzidou
F
F
Vlahaki
E
E
Koutsia-Carouzou
C
C
Malamou-Lada
H
H
Zerva
L
L
Kartali-Ktenidou
S
S
Anastassiou
E D
ED
Maniatis
A N
AN
Petinaki
E
E
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D003428:Cross Infection / Q000382:microbiology*; D016521:Electrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-Field; D013293:Enterococcus faecalis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics / Q000302:isolation & purification; D016984:Enterococcus faecium / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D005798:Genes, Bacterial; D016908:Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / Q000382:microbiology*; D006115:Greece; D006761:Hospitals; D006801:Humans; D008826:Microbial Sensitivity Tests; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA; D020713:Vancomycin Resistance / Q000235:genetics*
D000900:Anti-Bacterial Agents