IS element IS16 as a molecular screening tool to identify hospital-associated strains of Enterococcus faecium

Global Spread of the hylEfm Colonization-Virulence Gene in Megaplasmids of the Enterococcus faecium CC17 Polyclonal Subcluster

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

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Typing of vancomycin-resistant enterococci obtained from patients at Danish hospitals and detection of a genomic island specific to CC17 Enterococcus faecium

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A multiresistance megaplasmid pLG1 bearing a hylEfm genomic island in hospital Enterococcus faecium isolates

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Cotransfer of Antibiotic Resistance Genes and a hylEfm-Containing Virulence Plasmid in Enterococcus faecium

(2009) C. A. Arias et al.   ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS AND CHEMOTHERAPY

Dispersion of Multidrug-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Isolates Belonging to Major Clonal Complexes in Different Portuguese Settings

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Global optimal eBURST analysis of multilocus typing data using a graphic matroid approach

(2009) Alexandre P Francisco et al.   BMC BIOINFORMATICS

Transition ofEnterococcus faeciumfrom commensal organism to nosocomial pathogen

(2009) Rob JL Willems et al.   Future Microbiology

High-level ciprofloxacin resistance among hospital-adapted Enterococcus faecium (CC17)

(2009) Guido Werner et al.   INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL AGENTS

Clonal expansion within clonal complex 2 and spread of vancomycin-resistant plasmids among different genetic lineages of Enterococcus faecalis from Portugal

(2009) A. R. Freitas et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY

Distribution of Genes Encoding MSCRAMMs and Pili in Clinical and Natural Populations of Enterococcus faecium

(2009) J. Sillanpaa et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Analysis of Clonality and Antibiotic Resistance among Early Clinical Isolates ofEnterococcus faeciumin the United States

(2009) Jessica R. Galloway‐Peña et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

Antibiotic-Resistant Bugs in the 21st Century — A Clinical Super-Challenge

(2009) Cesar A. Arias et al.   NEW ENGLAND JOURNAL OF MEDICINE

LPxTG surface proteins of enterococci

(2009) Antoni P.A. Hendrickx et al.   TRENDS IN MICROBIOLOGY

Identification of a Novel Genomic Island Specific to Hospital-Acquired Clonal Complex 17 Enterococcus faecium Isolates

(2008) E. Heikens et al.   APPLIED AND ENVIRONMENTAL MICROBIOLOGY

Emergence of CC17Enterococcus faecium: from commensal to hospital-adapted pathogen

(2008) Janetta Top et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

A Functional Collagen Adhesin Gene, acm, in Clinical Isolates of Enterococcus faecium Correlates with the Recent Success of This Emerging Nosocomial Pathogen

(2008) S. R. Nallapareddy et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

Emergence of ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in Danish hospitals

(2008) C. H. Lester et al.   JOURNAL OF ANTIMICROBIAL CHEMOTHERAPY