Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium sequence type 796-rapid international dissemination of a new epidemic clone

Andrew A Mahony; Andrew H Buultjens; Susan A Ballard; Elizabeth A Grabsch; Shirley Xie; Torsten Seemann; Rhonda L Stuart; Despina Kotsanas; Allen Cheng; Helen Heffernan; Sally A Roberts; Geoffrey W Coombs; Narin Bak; John K Ferguson; Glen C Carter; Benjamin P Howden; Timothy P Stinear; Paul DR Johnson

Journal article

Vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium sequence type 796-rapid international dissemination of a new epidemic clone

Andrew A Mahony, Andrew H Buultjens, Susan A Ballard, Elizabeth A Grabsch, Shirley Xie, Torsten Seemann, Rhonda L Stuart, Despina Kotsanas, Allen Cheng, Helen Heffernan, Sally A Roberts, Geoffrey W Coombs, Narin Bak, John K Ferguson, Glen C Carter, Benjamin P Howden, Timothy P Stinear, Paul DR Johnson

Antimicrobial Resistance & Infection Control | BIOMED CENTRAL LTD | Published : 2018

DOI: 10.1186/s13756-018-0335-z

University of Melbourne Researchers

Torsten Seemann Author Microbiology and Immunology

Ben Howden Author Microbiology and Immunology

Glen Carter Author Microbiology and Immunology

Tim Stinear Author Microbiology and Immunology

Paul Johnson Author Medicine - Austin Health

Grants

Awarded by National Human Medical Research Council of Australia

Funding Acknowledgements

This work was supported by the National Human Medical Research Council of Australia [grant number 1027874, and NHMRC Fellowships to TPS. and BPH.]; and the University of Melbourne [Australian Postgraduate Award to AAM.]. These funding bodies had no role in the design of the study, collection, analysis, and interpretation of data or in writing the manuscript.