Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control (Jul 2019)

Near-ubiquitous presence of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST117/CT71/vanB –clone in the Rhine-Main metropolitan area of Germany

  • Linda Falgenhauer,
  • Moritz Fritzenwanker,
  • Can Imirzalioglu,
  • Katrin Steul,
  • Marlene Scherer,
  • Rhine-Main VREfm study group,
  • Ursel Heudorf,
  • Trinad Chakraborty

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1186/s13756-019-0573-8
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 8, no. 1
pp. 1 – 6

Abstract

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Abstract Whole-genome sequencing analysis of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from the Frankfurt metropolitan region revealed that 78/94 isolates were MLST type ST117, cgMLST complex type CT71 with a common vanB chromosomal insertion site. This indicates circulation of a single VRE clone in a catchment area of 5,000-km2 with 3 million inhabitants.

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