Genomic confirmation of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus transmission from deceased donor to liver transplant recipient.

In a liver transplant recipient with vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus (VRE) surgical site and bloodstream infection, a combination of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, multilocus sequence typing, and whole genome sequencing identified that donor and recipient VRE isolates were highly similar when c...

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Main Authors: Ali Bashir, Oliver Attie, Mitchell Sullivan, Robert Sebra, Kavindra V Singh, Deena Altman, Theodore Pak, Jayeeta Dutta, Kieran Chacko, Elizabeth Webster, Martha Lewis, Camille Hamula, Kristin W Delli Carpini, Barbara E Murray, Andrew Kasarskis, Harm van Bakel, Shirish Huprikar
Format: Artigo
Language:Inglês
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2017-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC5354240?pdf=render
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