Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium of multi locus sequence type 18 in Malaysia
The Medical Journal of Malaysia
;
: 639-640, 2012.
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em Inglês
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ABSTRACT
Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (VREF) in human infections mostly belong to the high-risk, epidemic, clonal complex-17 (CC17) group. Treatment limitation and high conjugation frequency makes it dominant in hospitals worldwide. We investigated positive cultures by Pulse-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE), multi locus sequence typing (MLST). DNA of two strains (A2 and C) appeared to be clonally related by PFGE. Three strains were of ST 18 type (A1, B and C) and strain A2 is of a new ST 596. This ST 18 type strain found in our study is crucial and is believed to be the first in Malaysia.
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The Medical Journal of Malaysia
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2012
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