Using a vanA polymerase chain reaction to detect environmental contamination during a vancomycin-resistant enterococci outbreak

J Hosp Infect. 2017 Dec;97(4):419-421. doi: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.08.014. Epub 2017 Aug 21.

Authors

M I Garvey¹, C W Bradley², A Casey², V Clewer², E Holden²

Affiliations

¹ University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK. Electronic address: [email protected].
² University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, Birmingham, UK.

PMID: 28838800
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhin.2017.08.014

No abstract available

Publication types

Letter
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / genetics*
Carbon-Oxygen Ligases / genetics*
Disease Outbreaks
Environmental Microbiology
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / epidemiology*
Gram-Positive Bacterial Infections / microbiology
Hematology
Humans
Polymerase Chain Reaction
United Kingdom
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / genetics
Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci / isolation & purification*

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
VanA ligase, Bacteria
Carbon-Oxygen Ligases