The first clonal spread of vanA-positive Enterococcus raffinosus in a nursing home

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¹ Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Belgian National Reference Centre for Enterococci, University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium. Electronic address: angga.yusuf@gmail.com.
² Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Belgian National Reference Centre for Enterococci, University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
³ Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP), Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Flemish Agency for Care and Health (Agentschap Zorg en Gezondheid), Leuven, Belgium.

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E Yusuf et al. J Hosp Infect. 2017 May.

. 2017 May;96(1):72-74.

doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.03.008. Epub 2017 Mar 11.

¹ Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Belgian National Reference Centre for Enterococci, University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium. Electronic address: angga.yusuf@gmail.com.
² Antwerp University Hospital (UZA), Belgian National Reference Centre for Enterococci, University Hospital of Antwerp, Edegem, Belgium.
³ Scientific Institute of Public Health (WIV-ISP), Brussels, Belgium.
⁴ Flemish Agency for Care and Health (Agentschap Zorg en Gezondheid), Leuven, Belgium.

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First nosocomial outbreak of vanA-type vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus raffinosus in France.
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