Environmental survival of vancomycin-sensitive ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (AREfm)

J. H T Wagenvoort; E. I G B De Brauwer; R. J R Penders; C. J. van der Linden; R. J. Willems; J. Top; M. J. Bonten

doi:10.1007/s10096-015-2430-x

Environmental survival of vancomycin-sensitive ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (AREfm)

J. H T Wagenvoort^*, E. I G B De Brauwer, R. J R Penders, C. J. van der Linden, R. J. Willems, J. Top, M. J. Bonten

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Abstract

Ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (AREfm) has gained increased footholds in many hospital intensive care units (ICUs) and belongs to specific hospital-adapted E. faecium sub-populations. Three AREfm strains survived in an in vitro survival setting for approximately 5.5 years. These findings have important consequences for the epidemiology of AREfm in hospital settings and stress the importance of maintaining a good level of hospital hygiene.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	1901-1903
Number of pages	3
Journal	European Journal of Clinical Microbiology & Infectious Diseases
Volume	34
Issue number	9
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/s10096-015-2430-x
Publication status	Published - 21 Jul 2015

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TYPING SCHEME
CONTAMINATION
ACQUISITION

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Environmental survival of vancomycin-sensitive ampicillin-resistant Enterococcus faecium (AREfm)

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