Emergence of pstS-Null Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Clone ST1478, Canada, 2013–2018

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• Alternative Title:
  Emerg Infect Dis
• Personal Author:
  McCracken, Melissa ; Mitchell, Robyn ; Smith, Stephanie ; Hota, Susy ; Conly, John ; Du, Tim ; Embil, John ; Johnston, Lynn ; Ormiston, Debbie ; Parsonage, Jennifer ; Simor, Andrew ; Wong, Alice ; Golding, George
• Corporate Authors:
  for the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
• Description:
  Rates of vancomycin-resistant enterococci bloodstream infections have remained relatively low in Canada. We recently observed an increase of 113% in these infections rates, which coincided with emergence of Enterococcus faecium pstS-null sequence type 1478. The proportion of this sequence type increased from 2.7% to 38.7% for all tested isolates from 2013-2018.
• Subjects:
  Anti-Bacterial Agents Clone Cells Enterococcus Faecium Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections Humans Microbial Sensitivity Tests Vancomycin Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci
• Source:
  Emerg Infect Dis. 26(9):2247-2250
• Pubmed ID:
  32818423
• Pubmed Central ID:
  PMC7454069
• Document Type:
  Journal Article
• Volume:
  26
• Issue:
  9
• Collection(s):
  Emerging Infectious Diseases
• Main Document Checksum:
  urn:sha256:68ef5432f04bde52843e82ed6728a9eaa833b44daee34d99c08b40047441ff68
• Download URL:
  https://stacks.cdc.gov/view/cdc/93013/cdc_93013_DS1.pdf
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