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European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases

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01-03-2010 | Brief Report

A newly described vancomycin-resistant ST412 Enterococcus faecium predominant in Greek hospitals

Authors: A. Damani, D. Klapsa, M. Panopoulou, I. Spiliopoulou, K. Pantelidi, E. Malli, F. Kolonitsiou, S. Grapsa, E. Alepopoulou, F. Frantzidou, E. Vlahaki, C. Koutsia-Carouzou, H. Malamou-Lada, L. Zerva, S. Kartali-Ktenidou, E. D. Anastassiou, A. N. Maniatis, E. Petinaki

Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases | Issue 3/2010

Abstract

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.

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Title: A newly described vancomycin-resistant ST412 Enterococcus faecium predominant in Greek hospitals
Authors: A. Damani
D. Klapsa
M. Panopoulou
I. Spiliopoulou
K. Pantelidi
E. Malli
F. Kolonitsiou
S. Grapsa
E. Alepopoulou
F. Frantzidou
E. Vlahaki
C. Koutsia-Carouzou
H. Malamou-Lada
L. Zerva
S. Kartali-Ktenidou
E. D. Anastassiou
A. N. Maniatis
E. Petinaki
Publication date: 01-03-2010
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases / Issue 3/2010
Print ISSN: 0934-9723
Electronic ISSN: 1435-4373
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-009-0847-9

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