Environmental Contamination with Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci from Hospital Sewage in Portugal
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Environmental contamination with vancomycin-resistant enterococci from hospital sewage in Portugal.
Vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) were detected in samples of sewage obtained downstream of hospitals of the Porto area in Portugal, and in samples from the Douro Estuary. Clonal analysis, Tn1546 typing, and presence of putative virulence traits indicate the clinical origin of these isolates. This observation highlights the importance of hospital sewage in the VRE contamination of the envi...
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عنوان ژورنال: Applied and Environmental Microbiology
سال: 2005
ISSN: 0099-2240,1098-5336
DOI: 10.1128/aem.71.6.3364-3368.2005