Draft Genome Sequences of Nine Clinical Isolates of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Paul G Higgins; Daniela Koehler; Jacqueline Z M Chan; Oliver A Cornely; Gerd Fätkenheuer; Meyke Gillis; Mark J Pallen; Johanna Tien; Harald Seifert; Maria J G T Vehreschild; Andrew D Millard

doi:10.1128/genomeA.00803-16

Draft Genome Sequences of Nine Clinical Isolates of Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococci

Genome Announc. 2016 Aug 18;4(4):e00803-16. doi: 10.1128/genomeA.00803-16.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
² Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
³ Microbiology and Infection Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom.
⁴ German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany Department I for Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany Cologne Excellence Cluster on Cellular Stress Responses in Aging-Associated Diseases (CECAD), and Clinical Trials Centre Cologne (ZKS Köln), University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
⁵ German Center for Infection Research (DZIF), Partner Site Bonn-Cologne, Cologne, Germany Department I for Internal Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
⁶ Institute for Medical Microbiology, Immunology and Hygiene, University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany.
⁷ Microbiology and Infection Unit, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick, Warwick, United Kingdom [email protected].

Abstract

In 2012, there was an increase in vancomycin-resistant enterococci (VRE) isolated from the intensive care unit at the University Hospital of Cologne. Using whole-genome sequencing it was possible to establish that bloodstream infections with VRE were not the result of an outbreak or cross infections.