Characteristics and Prevalence of Vancomycin-variable Enterococcus faecium bacteremia in southern Taiwan

Characteristics and Prevalence of Vancomycin-variable Enterococcus faecium bacteremia in southern Taiwan

Background: Vancomycin-variable enterococci (VVE) are vanA-carrying Enterococcus faecium that are phenotypically susceptible to vancomycin and can only be detected using molecular methods, leading to the possibility of treatment failure and posing threats to infection control. This study aimed to de...

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Main Authors: Chi-Jung Lu, Wei-Chun Hung, Zi-Han Lan, Po-Liang Lu, Chun-Yu Lin, Yen-Hsu Chen, Tun-Chieh Chen, Chung-Hao Huang, Ya-Ting Chang, Chun-Yuan Lee, Yu-Te Tsai, Shang-Yi Lin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2024-12-01
Series:Journal of Microbiology, Immunology and Infection
Subjects:
Bacteremia
Enterococcus
Vancomycin
Vancomycin-variable Enterococcus faecium
VVE
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1684118224001506
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