Genomics of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

WGS of 1058 Enterococcus faecium from Copenhagen, Denmark, reveals rapid clonal expansion of vancomycin-resistant clone ST80 combined with widespread dissemination of a vanA-containing plasmid and acquisition of a heterogeneous accessory genome

(2019) Mette Pinholt et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Identification of a Botulinum Neurotoxin-like Toxin in a Commensal Strain of Enterococcus faecium

(2018) Sicai Zhang et al.   Cell Host & Microbe

Evolution of virulence in Enterococcus faecium , a hospital-adapted opportunistic pathogen

(2018) Wei Gao et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Discovery, research, and development of new antibiotics: the WHO priority list of antibiotic-resistant bacteria and tuberculosis

(2018) Evelina Tacconelli et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci: A Review of Antimicrobial Resistance Mechanisms and Perspectives of Human and Animal Health

(2018) Mohamed O. Ahmed et al.   Microbial Drug Resistance

The emerging problem of linezolid-resistant enterococci

(2018) Ruru Bi et al.   Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium sequence type 796 - rapid international dissemination of a new epidemic clone

(2018) Andrew A. Mahony et al.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

Mobile Genetic Elements Associated with Antimicrobial Resistance

(2018) Sally R. Partridge et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY REVIEWS

Rapid emergence of highly variable and transferable oxazolidinone and phenicol resistance gene optrA in German Enterococcus spp. clinical isolates

(2018) Jennifer K. Bender et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Linezolid resistance genes and genetic elements enhancing their dissemination in enterococci and streptococci

(2018) Ewa Sadowy   PLASMID

Increasing tolerance of hospital Enterococcus faecium to handwash alcohols

(2018) Sacha J. Pidot et al.   Science Translational Medicine

Antimicrobial Resistant CC17 Enterococcus faecium: The Past, the Present and the Future

(2018) Terence Lee et al.   Journal of Global Antimicrobial Resistance

Linezolid and Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium in Solid Organ Transplant Recipients: Infection Control and Antimicrobial Stewardship Using Whole Genome Sequencing

(2018) Lilian Abbo et al.   CLINICAL INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Genomic Surveillance of Enterococcus faecium Reveals Limited Sharing of Strains and Resistance Genes between Livestock and Humans in the United Kingdom

(2018) Theodore Gouliouris et al.   mBio

The Enterococcus Cassette Chromosome, a Genomic Variation Enabler in Enterococci

(2018) A. Sivertsen et al.   mSphere

Time to review the gold standard for genotyping vancomycin-resistant enterococci in epidemiology: Comparing whole-genome sequencing with PFGE and MLST in three suspected outbreaks in Sweden during 2013–2015

(2017) Birgitta Lytsy et al.   INFECTION GENETICS AND EVOLUTION

Novel multiresistance cfr plasmids in linezolid-resistant methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus epidermidis and vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VRE) from a hospital outbreak: co-location of cfr and optrA in VRE

(2017) Alexandros Lazaris et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Genome-Based Analysis of Enterococcus faecium Bacteremia Associated with Recurrent and Mixed-Strain Infection

(2017) Kathy E. Raven et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A decade of genomic history for healthcare-associatedEnterococcus faeciumin the United Kingdom and Ireland

(2016) Kathy E. Raven et al.   GENOME RESEARCH

Emergence of endemic MLST non-typeable vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium

(2016) Glen P. Carter et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Multilevel population genetic analysis ofvanAandvanB Enterococcus faeciumcausing nosocomial outbreaks in 27 countries (1986–2012)

(2016) Ana R. Freitas et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Population structure and acquisition of the vanB resistance determinant in German clinical isolates of Enterococcus faecium ST192

(2016) Jennifer K. Bender et al.   Scientific Reports

Whole-genome sequencing reveals transmission of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a healthcare network

(2016) Hayley J. Brodrick et al.   Genome Medicine

Global Emergence and Dissemination of Enterococci as Nosocomial Pathogens: Attack of the Clones?

(2016) Ana M. Guzman Prieto et al.   Frontiers in Microbiology

Multiple hospital outbreaks ofvanA Enterococcus faeciumin Denmark, 2012–13, investigated by WGS, MLST and PFGE

(2015) Mette Pinholt et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Application of Whole-Genome Sequencing for Bacterial Strain Typing in Molecular Epidemiology

(2015) Stephen J. Salipante et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Core Genome Multilocus Sequence Typing Scheme for High-Resolution Typing of Enterococcus faecium

(2015) Mark de Been et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Friend Turned Foe: Evolution of Enterococcal Virulence and Antibiotic Resistance

(2014) Daria Van Tyne et al.   Annual Review of Microbiology

Recent Recombination Events in the Core Genome Are Associated with Adaptive Evolution in Enterococcus faecium

(2013) Mark de Been et al.   Genome Biology and Evolution

Genomic analysis of teicoplanin resistance emerging during treatment of vanB vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium infections in solid organ transplant recipients including donor-derived cases

(2013) Natasha E. Holmes et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Identification of a Genetic Determinant in Clinical Enterococcus faecium Strains That Contributes to Intestinal Colonization During Antibiotic Treatment

(2013) X. Zhang et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Emergence of Epidemic Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecium from Animal and Commensal Strains

(2013) F. Lebreton et al.   mBio

Genomic Insights to Control the Emergence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

(2013) B. P. Howden et al.   mBio

Rapid Bacterial Whole-Genome Sequencing to Enhance Diagnostic and Public Health Microbiology

(2013) Sandra Reuter et al.   JAMA Internal Medicine

Complete genome sequence of Enterococcus faecium strain TX16 and comparative genomic analysis of Enterococcus faecium genomes

(2012) Xiang Qin et al.   BMC MICROBIOLOGY

Comparative Analysis of the First Complete Enterococcus faecium Genome

(2012) M. M. C. Lam et al.   JOURNAL OF BACTERIOLOGY

Genomic and SNP Analyses Demonstrate a Distant Separation of the Hospital and Community-Associated Clades of Enterococcus faecium

(2012) Jessica Galloway-Peña et al.   PLoS One

d-Ala-d-Ser VanN-Type Transferable Vancomycin Resistance in Enterococcus faecium

(2011) François Lebreton et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

vanM, a New Glycopeptide Resistance Gene Cluster Found in Enterococcus faecium

(2010) X. Xu et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Pyrosequencing-based comparative genome analysis of the nosocomial pathogen Enterococcus faecium and identification of a large transferable pathogenicity island

(2010) Willem van Schaik et al.   BMC GENOMICS

Multidrug-Resistant Enterococci Lack CRISPR-cas

(2010) K. L. Palmer et al.   mBio

Molecular Characterization of Enterococcus faecalis N06-0364 with Low-Level Vancomycin Resistance Harboring a Novel D-Ala-D-Ser Gene Cluster, vanL

(2008) D. A. Boyd et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Molecular Structure and Transferability of Tn1546-Like Elements in Enterococcus faecium Isolates from Clinical, Sewage, and Surface Water Samples in Iran

(2008) M. Talebi et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Increasing rates of vancomycin resistance among Enterococcus faecium isolated from German hospitals between 2004 and 2006 are due to wide clonal dissemination of vancomycin-resistant enterococci and horizontal spread of vanA clusters

(2008) Guido Werner et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY