Near-ubiquitous presence of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST117/CT71/ van B –clone in the Rhine-Main metropolitan area of Germany | Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control | Full Text

Near-ubiquitous presence of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST117/CT71/ van B –clone in the Rhine-Main metropolitan area of Germany | Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control | Full Text



Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control

Near-ubiquitous presence of a vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium ST117/CT71/vanB –clone in the Rhine-Main metropolitan area of Germany

• Linda Falgenhauer, 
• Moritz Fritzenwanker, 
• Can Imirzalioglu, 
• Katrin Steul, 
• Marlene Scherer, 
• Rhine-Main VREfm study group, 
• Ursel Heudorf & 
• Trinad Chakraborty 

Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Controlvolume 8, Article number: 128 (2019) | Download Citation

Abstract

Whole-genome sequencing analysis of Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faeciumisolates from the Frankfurt metropolitan region revealed that 78/94 isolates were MLST type ST117, cgMLST complex type CT71 with a common vanB chromosomal insertion site. This indicates circulation of a single VRE clone in a catchment area of 5,000-km2 with 3 million inhabitants.