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. 2005 Jul;49(7):3073-9.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.49.7.3073-3079.2005.

Molecular characterization of glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from Portuguese hospitals

Carla Novais  1 , João C Sousa, Teresa M Coque, Luísa V Peixe; Portuguese Resistance Study Group
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Molecular characterization of glycopeptide-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from Portuguese hospitals

Carla Novais et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. 2005 Jul.

Abstract

Fifty-one pulsed-field gel electrophoresis types and 17 Tn1546 variants were identified among 101 Enterococcus faecium isolates recovered in three distant Portuguese hospitals. Intra- and interhospital dissemination of specific strains and Tn1546 types was detected, which might largely contribute to the endemicity of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium in Portuguese hospitals, as happened previously in other geographical locations.

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