The interplay between community and hospital Enterococcus faecium clones within health-care settings: a genomic analysis

• Published in: The Lancet. Microbe Vol. 3; no. 2; pp. e133 - e141
• Main Authors: van Hal, Sebastiaan J, Willems, Rob J L, Gouliouris, Theodore, Ballard, Susan A, Coque, Teresa M, Hammerum, Anette M, Hegstad, Kristin, Pinholt, Mette, Howden, Benjamin P, Malhotra-Kumar, Surbhi, Werner, Guido, Yanagihara, Katsunori, Earl, Ashlee M, Raven, Katherine E, Corander, Jukka, Bowden, Rory
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England Elsevier Ltd 01.02.2022; Elsevier
• Subjects: Clone Cells; Enterococcus faecium - genetics; Genome, Bacterial - genetics; Genomics; Hospitals; Humans; Infectious Disease; Phylogeny

The genomic relationships among Enterococcus faecium isolates are the subject of ongoing research that seeks to clarify the origins of observed lineages and the extent of horizontal gene transfer between them, and to robustly identify links between genotypes and phenotypes. E faecium is considered t...