Emergence of pstS-Null Vancomycin-Resistant Enterococcus faecium Clone ST1478, Canada, 2013–2018
Melissa McCracken
, Robyn Mitchell, Stephanie Smith, Susy Hota, John Conly, Tim Du, John Embil, Lynn Johnston, Debbie Ormiston, Jennifer Parsonage, Andrew Simor, Alice Wong, George Golding, and for the Canadian Nosocomial Infection Surveillance Program
Author affiliations: Public Health Agency of Canada, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada (M. McCracken, T. Du, G. Golding); Public Health Agency of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada (R. Mitchell); University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada (S. Smith); Toronto General Hospital, Toronto, Ontario, Canada (S. Hota); University of Calgary Cumming School of Medicine, Calgary, Alberta, Canada (J. Conly); Health Sciences Centre, Winnipeg (J. Embil, D. Ormiston); Queen Elizabeth II Health Sciences Centre, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada (L. Johnston); University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton (J. Parsonage); Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto (A. Simor); Saskatchewan Health Authority, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada (A. Wong)
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Figure. Increase in annual vancoymicin-resistant enterococci BSI rates and emergence of novel pstS-null sequence type ST1478, Canada, 2013–2018. BSI, bloodstream infection; ST, sequence type.
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