Molecular characterization of vancomycin-resistant enterococci isolated from a hospital in Beijing, China

• Published in: Journal of microbiology, immunology and infection Vol. 52; no. 3; pp. 433 - 442
• Main Authors: Sun, Hong-Li, Liu, Chang, Zhang, Jing-Jia, Zhou, Yu-Ming, Xu, Ying-Chun
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier B.V 01.06.2019; Elsevier
• Subjects: Antimicrobial susceptibility testing; Enterococcus; Molecular typing; Van gene; Virulence genes; Enterococcus; Antimicrobial susceptibility testing; Molecular typing; Van gene; Virulence genes

To investigate the occurrence of vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolated from patients in Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Beijing, China from 2011 to 2017, and to evaluate their resistance mechanisms and genetic relatedness. All isolates were identified using matrix-assisted laser des...