A Multicentre Hospital Outbreak in Sweden Caused by Introduction of a vanB2 Transposon into a Stably Maintained pRUM-Plasmid in an Enterococcus faecium ST192 Clone

Performance of the EUCAST Disk Diffusion Method, the CLSI Agar Screen Method, and the Vitek 2 Automated Antimicrobial Susceptibility Testing System for Detection of Clinical Isolates of Enterococci with Low- and Medium-Level VanB-Type Vancomycin Resistance: a Multicenter Study

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Genomic transition of enterococci from gut commensals to leading causes of multidrug-resistant hospital infection in the antibiotic era

(2013) Michael S Gilmore et al.   CURRENT OPINION IN MICROBIOLOGY

Long-Term Carriage of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci in Patients Discharged from Hospitals: a 12-Year Retrospective Cohort Study

(2013) S. Karki et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Microevolutionary Events Involving Narrow Host Plasmids Influences Local Fixation of Vancomycin-Resistance in Enterococcus Populations

(2013) Ana R. Freitas et al.   PLoS One

Genomic Insights to Control the Emergence of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

(2013) B. P. Howden et al.   mBio

The changing epidemiology of bacteraemias in Europe: trends from the European Antimicrobial Resistance Surveillance System

(2012) M.E.A. de Kraker et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

Increased high-level gentamicin resistance in invasiveEnterococcus faeciumis associated withaac(6′)Ie-aph(2″)Ia-encoding transferable megaplasmids hosted by major hospital-adapted lineages

(2012) Torill C.S. Rosvoll et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

The rise of the Enterococcus: beyond vancomycin resistance

(2012) Cesar A. Arias et al.   NATURE REVIEWS MICROBIOLOGY

Antibiotic resistance and virulence traits in clinical and environmental Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium isolates

(2012) I.U. Rathnayake et al.   SYSTEMATIC AND APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

Restricted Gene Flow among Hospital Subpopulations of Enterococcus faecium

(2012) R. J. L. Willems et al.   mBio

Vancomycin-resistant vanB-type Enterococcus faecium isolates expressing varying levels of vancomycin resistance and being highly prevalent among neonatal patients in a single ICU

(2012) Guido Werner et al.   Antimicrobial Resistance and Infection Control

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

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

Clustering of polyclonal VanB-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium in a low-endemic area was associated with CC17-genogroup strains harbouring transferable vanB2-Tn5382 and pRUM-like repA containing plasmids with axe-txe plasmid addiction system

(2011) EVA BJØRKENG et al.   APMIS

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

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

Mobile genetic elements and their contribution to the emergence of antimicrobial resistant Enterococcus faecalis and Enterococcus faecium

(2010) K. Hegstad et al.   CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY AND INFECTION

A Sustained Hospital Outbreak of Vancomycin‐ResistantEnterococcus faeciumBacteremia due to Emergence ofvanB E. faeciumSequence Type 203

(2010) Paul D. R. Johnson et al.   JOURNAL OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES

progressiveMauve: Multiple Genome Alignment with Gene Gain, Loss and Rearrangement

(2010) Aaron E. Darling et al.   PLoS One

PCR-based plasmid typing inEnterococcus faeciumstrains reveals widely distributed pRE25-, pRUM-, pIP501- and pHTβ-related replicons associated with glycopeptide resistance and stabilizing toxin–antitoxin systems

(2009) Torill C.S. Rosvoll et al.   FEMS IMMUNOLOGY AND MEDICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Transition ofEnterococcus faeciumfrom commensal organism to nosocomial pathogen

(2009) Rob JL Willems et al.   Future Microbiology

SgrA, a Nidogen-Binding LPXTG Surface Adhesin Implicated in Biofilm Formation, and EcbA, a Collagen Binding MSCRAMM, Are Two Novel Adhesins of Hospital-Acquired Enterococcus faecium

(2009) A. P. A. Hendrickx et al.   INFECTION AND IMMUNITY

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

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

A classification system for plasmids from enterococci and other Gram-positive bacteria

(2009) L.B. Jensen et al.   JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGICAL METHODS

Factors affecting the reversal of antimicrobial-drug resistance

(2009) Pål J Johnsen et al.   LANCET INFECTIOUS DISEASES

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

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

Antimicrobial-Resistant Pathogens Associated With Healthcare-Associated Infections: Annual Summary of Data Reported to the National Healthcare Safety Network at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2006–2007

(2008) Alicia I. Hidron et al.   INFECTION CONTROL AND HOSPITAL EPIDEMIOLOGY

Improved Detection of vanB2-Containing Enterococcus faecium with Vancomycin Susceptibility by Etest Using Oxgall Supplementation

(2008) E. A. Grabsch et al.   JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MICROBIOLOGY

Expression of two distinct types of pili by a hospital-acquired Enterococcus faecium isolate

(2008) A. P. A. Hendrickx et al.   MICROBIOLOGY-SGM