Changing epidemiology of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium: Results of a genome-based study at a regional neurological acute hospital with intensive care and early rehabilitation treatment.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREfm) are an emerging threat worldwide. In Germany, a VRE-belt with higher VREfm prevalences transversing its central east-west axis and including the state of Hesse was previously described. Recently, we detected a predominant VREfm clone in hospitals throughout the Rhine-Main metropolitan area of Hesse.

Aim

Here we expanded our study on VREfm to a regional neurological acute hospital outside of the metropolitan area with patient referrals from throughout Hesse and the neighboring federal state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

Material/methods

VREfm isolates obtained between 2016-2018 from a regional neurological acute hospital with intensive care and early rehabilitation units were investigated (n=55). Patient da

SUBMITTER: Falgenhauer L 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8335922 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature