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

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.

SUBMITTER: Falgenhauer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6664515 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature