Complete genome sequence of a vancomycin-resistant sequence type 203 Enterococcus faecium strain with vanA belonging to complex type 859.

Authors: Hoffmann, Maria and Yao, Kuan and Allard, Marc and Sanchez, Maria and Andersen, Leif P. and Hasman, Henrik and Hammerum, Anette M.

In 2014, the first vancomycin-resistant (encoded by vanA) Enterococcus faecium isolate belonging to sequence type 203 (ST203) and complex type 859 (CT859) was detected in Denmark. In 2016, 64% of the Danish clinical vanA E. faecium isolates belonged to ST203 and CT859. Using Pacific Biosciences (PacBio) RS II sequencing, we describe the genome of ST203 CT859 vanA E. faecium.

Journal: Microbiology resource announcements
DOI: 10.1128/MRA.00815-18
Year: 2018

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