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

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, and E Petinaki

Eur J Clin Microbiol Infect Dis 29(3):329-31 (2010) PMID 20016994

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.

DOI: 10.1007/s10096-009-0847-9
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