@article{53c78493d2824b9a915a556f46f32451,
title = "Surveillance of vancomycin-resistant enterococci reveals shift in dominating clones and national spread of a vancomycin-variable vanA Enterococcus faecium ST1421-CT1134 clone, Denmark, 2015 to March 2019",
abstract = "We describe clonal shifts in vanA Enterococcus faecium isolates from clinical samples obtained from patients in Denmark from 2015 to the first quarter (Q1) of 2019. During Q1 2019, the vancomycin-variable enterococci (VVE) ST1421-CT1134 vanA E. faecium became the most dominant vanA E. faecium clone and has spread to all five regions in Denmark. Among 174 E. faecium isolates with vanA, vanB or vanA/vanB genes in Q1 2019, 44% belonged to this type.",
keywords = "Enterococci, MLST, VRE, VVE, vanA, vanB",
author = "Hammerum, {Anette M} and Justesen, {Ulrik S} and Mette Pinholt and Louise Roer and H{\"u}lya Kaya and Peder Worning and Sanne Nygaard and Michael Kemp and Clausen, {Marianne Engell} and Nielsen, {Karen Leth} and Jurgita Samulionien{\'e} and Mona Kj{\ae}rsgaard and Claus {\O}stergaard and John Coia and S{\o}ndergaard, {Turid Snekloth} and Shahin Gaini and Kristian Sch{\o}nning and Henrik Westh and Henrik Hasman and Holzknecht, {Barbara Juliane}",
year = "2019",
month = aug,
doi = "10.2807/1560-7917.ES.2019.24.34.1900503",
language = "English",
volume = "24",
journal = "Eurosurveillance (Online Edition)",
issn = "1025-496X",
publisher = "Centre Europeen pour la Surveillance Epidemiologique du SIDA",
number = "34",
}