Restricted Gene Flow among Hospital Subpopulations of <named-content content-type="genus-species">Enterococcus faecium</named-content>

ABSTRACT Enterococcus faecium has recently emerged as an important multiresistant nosocomial pathogen. Defining population structure in this species is required to provide insight into the existence, distribution, and dynamics of specific multiresistant or pathogenic lineages in particular environme...

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Main Authors: Rob J. L. Willems, Janetta Top, Willem van Schaik, Helen Leavis, Marc Bonten, Jukka Sirén, William P. Hanage, Jukka Corander
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: American Society for Microbiology 2012-08-01
Series:mBio
Online Access:https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/mBio.00151-12